{ "id": "book-ii", "title": "Book II: The Wider World", "sections": [ { "id": "01-welcome-to-the-world-s-end", "title": "Welcome to the World's End", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "This is the setting guide for *Stonetop*, a hearth fantasy roleplaying game set in an iron age that never was. It describes the PCs' home the village of Stonetop—and the World's End, the region in which Stonetop sits. It's a gazetteer of the places, peoples, and powers that make up or shape the region.\n\nThis is *Book II*; for the rules of the game and guidance on how to play or run it, see *Book I: Stonetop.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "01-welcome-to-the-world-s-end--how-to-use-this-book", "title": "How to use this book", "level": 2, "path": [ "Welcome to the World's End" ], "body": "If you're the GM, or thinking about running a game of Stonetop, then this book is for you.\n\nBefore your first session, browse this book to familiarize yourself with the setting and to get excited for play. Start with the **[[01 - Welcome to the World's End#**Should the players read this?**|maps]]** to get a sense of place.\n\nSkim the **village of Stonetop** entry (page [[02 - The Village of Stonetop#The village of Stonetop|12]]). When it mentions a topic that catches your interest, jump to that topic\n\nTopics are cross-referenced. If you're reading this as a physical book, use a bookmark or two to keep track of where you came from. If you're reading this as a PDF, all the page references are hyperlinked and the \"back\" button (or ALT + left arrow in most PDF readers) is your friend.\n\nBetween sessions, review topics that you think will be relevant soon. Use the details and resources therein to help you prep.\n\nDuring play, refer to this book to help you describe the environment, to ask questions, and to make GM moves. Use it to introduce dangers and discoveries, or to improvise sites for the PCs to explore.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "01-welcome-to-the-world-s-end--exploit-the-setting-guide", "title": "Exploit the setting guide", "level": 2, "path": [ "Welcome to the World's End" ], "body": "This book is a resource, not a bible. It asserts many truths about the setting, but it also poses many questions for you and your group to answer during play. When you\n\nestablish some truth that contradicts what's written in the book, your group's truths take precedence.\n\nUse whatever appeals to you and makes sense for your game. Ignore or change the rest. If you think the **[[21 - The Golden Oak#The Golden Oak|Golden Oak]]** would be better as a sacred place out of time, where past and present and future all meet, then by all means make it so in your game.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "01-welcome-to-the-world-s-end--should-the-players-read-this", "title": "Should the players read this?", "level": 2, "path": [ "Welcome to the World's End" ], "body": "Players aren't expected to read this book. There's a Setting Overview in the game's digital files (also downloadable from lampblackandbrimstone.com). Players should definitely read that.\n\n**It's okay for players to read this book if they want to.** Some players like to better understand the setting, to help shape their play or inform their answers to GM questions. Some enjoy that feeling of dread when they recognize what monster the GM is hinting at, or that feeling of awe when the GM introduces an arcanum that they've read about.\n\nJust remember that every group's version of *Stonetop* is different. If you're playing in a game and you've read this book, don't be a snob about it. The lore that you and your group establish in play is what's important.\n\nAnd to be clear: if you're the kind of player who prefers to discover a game's world through play, to experience it like your character would, then don't read this book. You're certainly not expected to!", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "01-welcome-to-the-world-s-end--the-vicinity", "title": "The Vicinity", "level": 2, "path": [ "Welcome to the World's End" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "01-welcome-to-the-world-s-end--the-world-s-end", "title": "The World's End", "level": 2, "path": [ "Welcome to the World's End" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop", "title": "The Village of Stonetop", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop-2", "title": "The village of Stonetop", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**Size** village (~300 souls)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--population-0", "title": "Population +0", "level": 2, "path": [ "The village of Stonetop" ], "body": "- **Prosperity** +0\n - Trade with... ... Gordin's Delve (metal, tools)\n - ... Marshedge (textiles, herbs, glass)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--resources", "title": "Resources", "level": 4, "path": [ "The village of Stonetop", "Population +0" ], "body": "- Farming (beans, potatoes, oats, barley)\n- Hunting/trapping (fur, meat, hides)\n- Distilling (whisky)\n- Stone (taken from the Old Wall)\n- Cistern (filled with rain, snow)\n- Tradesfolk (midwife, potter, publican, smith, tanner)\n- Two draft horses, two iron plows, two carts, a wagon", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--defenses-0", "title": "Defenses +0", "level": 3, "path": [ "The village of Stonetop", "Population +0" ], "body": "- Village militia\n- The Ringwall (low, stone)\n- Three watchtowers\n- Spears & shields in every home\n- Some bows\n\nA farming village on the eastern edge of the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]**, on a bluff overlooking the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**. A great, rune-etched megalith stands amidst a cluster of squat stone homes, surrounded by an arc of farmland.\n\nThe PCs call this village home. It's a tightknit community, poor but a good place to live. Everyone is expected to pull their weight, but few think badly of those who suffer misfortune. The town pulls together; its community is its strength.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop-3", "title": "Places", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- The **Stone** is well over 50 feet tall and etched in faded runes. It seems older than even the **Maker**-ruins [[30 - The Makers|The Makers]] upon which the village was founded. When storms roll in, lightning strikes the Stone repeatedly.\n- The **Cistern** is an underground vault, clearly an artifact of the Makers. Locals fill it with rain, snow, and water from the **[[44 - The Stream#The Stream|Stream]]**.\n- The **public house** is a large hall, where folks meet after sundown to drink and socialize. It offers floor space to travelers and a small stable under the same roof. The town's horses are kept here.\n- The **granary** is a warehouse built on a Maker-ruin foundation. Foodstuffs are stored here. Everyone contributes, everyone shares.\n- The **pavilion of the gods** is an openair structure with shrines to **[[03 - Aratis, the Lawkeeper#Aratis, the Lawkeeper|Aratis]]**, **[[09 - Danu, the Earth Mother#Danu, the Earth Mother|Danu]]**, **[[25 - Helior, the Daybringer#Helior, the Daybringer|Helior]]**, **[[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker#Tor, the Rain-maker|Tor]]**, and maybe others [[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|Gods and religion]]. As close as Stonetop gets to a temple.\n\n- The **Ringwall** is a waist-high fence of fieldstones, 2-3 feet thick. It won't keep out serious raiders, but provides a little cover if needed. Homes beyond it are newer, built by immigrants or younger families.\n- **Watchtowers** stand along the Ringwall, a dozen feet tall or so. One to the north, one to the southeast, one to the southwest. Villagers rotate through watch duty at night.\n- A **switchback path** leads down the bluff to the **[[44 - The Stream#The Stream|Stream]]** and the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**. Climbing it takes 10-15 minutes, longer with a heavy load.\n- The **fields** stretch out around the town, about 1,000 acres total. A third of the land sits fallow each year, with the rest growing barley, oats, beans, and potatoes. Farmers work the fields communally, rather than as familial plots.\n- The **Old Wall** wraps around the fields, about a mile from the Stone itself and at the end of the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|West Road]]**. Clearly once a mighty rampart, it has tumbled and been buried by the ages. When the villagers need stone for construction, they dig it out of the old wall and haul it back to town.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Places" ], "body": "- What's your favorite tale about how the Stone came to be?\n- In what little way do locals interact with the Stone day-to-day?\n- What do the runes on the Stone make you think of?\n- What do scholars of the South claim of the Stone's origin? Why do you think that's nonsense?\n- What's the opening to the Cistern like? A low stone wall? A building over an open shaft? A crack in the earth? Or what?\n- Has anyone been down in the Cistern, that you know of? What did they supposedly find?\n- How is the public house laid out? What's the most notable furnishing?\n- Where do children most like to play?\n- Where do teens sneak off to for romance?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 3, "path": [ "Places", "Questions" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--always", "title": "Always", "level": 4, "path": [ "Places", "Questions", "Impressions" ], "body": "- The air: tingling, slight smell of ozone\n- People and beasts: unfazed by loud noises\n- Voices: always a little bit raised\n- Chickens, goats, sheep, pigs, cats, dogs: all about, underfoot, bleating, barking, clucking\n- Children: playing, crying, yelling, running errands, doing chores\n- Folks around the Cistern: gossiping and chatting\n- The public house: music, singing, dancing, chatting", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--activities", "title": "Activities", "level": 4, "path": [ "Places", "Questions", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Cooking, grinding grain, baking\n- Spinning, weaving, sewing, hand-crafts\n- Rendering fat, making oil & rushlights\n- Cleaning pens, coops, homes, clothes\n- Collecting & hauling water, to and from the Cistern\n- Smithing, tanning, pottery, midwifery\n- Maintenance (buildings, clothes, tools, etc.)\n- Manning the watchtowers at night\n- Drilling with spear and shield", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--spring", "title": "Spring", "level": 2, "path": [ "Places" ], "body": "- Drip drip drip of snow melting from roofs, collecting in jugs and puddles\n- Petrichor smell on a southerly breeze\n- Hopeful green poking through deadbrown grass and soil\n- Bare skin reveling in the still-chilly sun; cheerful voices; smiles and songs", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--activities-2", "title": "Activities", "level": 4, "path": [ "Places", "Spring" ], "body": "- Harvesting winter potatoes\n- Spreading seed, planting beans/potatoes\n- Harrowing soil (to cover seeds, plantings)\n- Chasing birds from the fields (child's work)\n- Spreading manure & plowing fallow fields\n- Kidding goats, sheep\n- Picking spring vegetables\n- Clearing and planting gardens\n- Harvesting/cutting deadfall for firewood\n- Fur trapping, light hunting (for meat)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--questions-2", "title": "Questions", "level": 4, "path": [ "Places", "Spring" ], "body": "- What do you most look forward to each spring?\n- What rites precede the planting of the fields?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--summer", "title": "Summer", "level": 4, "path": [ "Places", "Spring" ], "body": "- Blinding sun outside, cave-like dark inside\n- Crops swaying and rippling in the breeze\n- Fireflies like galaxies over the fields at dusk\n- Dark storm clouds looming in the south, rumbling, flashing\n- CRACKOOM of thunder, blinding flash as lightning touches the Stone", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--activities-3", "title": "Activities", "level": 3, "path": [ "Places", "Spring" ], "body": "- Haymaking (from Flats-grass, fallow fields)\n- Weeding crops/gardens\n- Spreading manure and replowing fallow fields\n- Weaning goat kids and lambs\n- Milking goats, shearing sheep\n- Picking summer vegetables\n- Berry-picking from gardens and the Wood\n- Light hunting/trapping (for meat, not fur)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop-4", "title": "Questions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- What project have you been putting off that you hope to get done this summer?\n- How does the village observe midsummer?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop-5", "title": "Autumn", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Crops bobbing heavy with seed, the Great Wood aflame with color\n- Work-song, shouts and laughter, grunts of effort\n- Rosy cheeks, breath visible in the morning air\n- Cold, steady rain", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--activities-4", "title": "Activities", "level": 4, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "- Harvesting beans, barley, oats, potatoes\n- Gleaning fallen seed from fields (child's work)\n- Threshing, winnowing, sieving, storing crops\n- Plowing fallows and planting winter potatoes\n- Picking and preserving autumn vegetables\n- Breeding goats, sheep\n- Foraging for nuts, fruits in the Wood\n- Heavy hunting/trapping (fur & meat)\n- (If able): harvesting timber from the **[[16 - The Foothills#The Foothills|Foothills]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop-6", "title": "Questions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- What is your favorite autumn food or drink?\n- How does the village celebrate the harvest?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop-7", "title": "Winter", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Roofs covered in thick white blankets\n- Trodden-down paths in the snow, brown and gray\n- Cloaks drawn tight against a bitter wind\n- Families gathered 'round the hearth, hands busy with inside chores\n- Yeasty smell of fermenting barley", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop-8", "title": "Activities", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Collecting snow for the Cistern\n- Distilling & aging whisky\n- Tending to livestock, stockpiling manure\n- Heavy trapping (for fur)\n- Hunting as able (for meat)\n- Slaughtering/butchering livestock as needed", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop-9", "title": "Questions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- What's the worst/best part of these long cold nights?\n- How do locals mark midwinter/the new year?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Welsh and Welsh-inspired: Aderyn, Aeronwen, Afanen, Afon, Alun, Andras, Aneirin, Awstin, Bedwyr, Berwyn, Betrys, Braith, Briallen, Bronwen, Bryn, Cadi, Cadoc, Cadwygan, Caron, Cefin, Ceinwen, Ceridwyn, Cerys, Colwyn, Deiniol, Dilwen, Dylis, Eifion, Eirlys, Eluned, Emrys, Enfys, Eurwen, Gaenor, Garet, Gethin, Glyndir, Heledd, Hywel, Ifan, Iorwerth, Iwan, Leuca, Lewela, Linos, Mado, Maldwyn, Malon, Mared, Marged, Martyn, Meirion, Menwen, Mererid, Neirin, Nia, Ofydd, Olwyn, Owain, Padrig, Parry, Pryce, Pryder, Rheinal, Rhisiart, Rhosyn, Rydderch, Sawyl, Siana, Sioned, Talfryn, Tegid, Tiwlip, Tomos, Tudyr, Winifred, Yorath.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--people", "title": "People", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Around 300 souls live in Stonetop, or about 50 families. Everyone knows everyone else, at least by name and reputation. Most families have been here for many generations, tied together by kinship and marriage.\n\nThe village supports only a few full time **tradesfolk**: a smith, a tanner, a potter, a midwife, and a publican. (5 souls, plus 5-10 assistants/apprentices)\n\n**Hunters and trappers** ply the wood for meat and fur, and also forage for fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, and useable wood. Trappers produce much of the village's wealth, but hunters range farther and have more prestige. (10-20 souls)\n\n**Farmers** work the fields, producing the village's staple foods. Hard, physical work. Most practice \"minor\" trades on the side, like carpentry, stonecutting, thatching, husbandry, distilling, etc. (~75 souls)\n\n**Homemakers** keep the village running. They cook, clean, tend gardens, spin, weave, sow, mind children, practice a dozen minor trades, and otherwise manage a household. Families might have 2 or 3 homemakers each, from across generations. (~100 souls)\n\n**Elders** have retired from the fields or the rigors of homemaking, but still help as they can. Many still serve the village as keepers of lore and wisdom. (~25 souls)\n\n**Children** play and learn and grow. They also help with chores, tend livestock, chase birds from the fields, forage near the Stream, haul water, mind younger children, and so forth, gaining more and more responsibilities as they grow. (~100 souls)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--home-hearth", "title": "Home & hearth", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Homes are low, squat, made of stone from the Old Wall. Roofs are thatched with barley straw. Each is heated by a central hearth. Most have small cellars, a standing loom, a small vegetable garden, and pens for livestock (inside and out).\n\nFamilies pass homes down between generations. Larger families might occupy two or even three adjacent buildings. New homes are occasionally built just outside the Ringwall.\n\nHomemakers grind grain with quernstones (as the village has no mill), to make flatbread, porridge, stew, ale, and whisky mash. They catch rainwater in clay vessels or draw water from the Cistern. Washing happens down at the **[[44 - The Stream#The Stream|Stream]]**, but folks rarely go alone.\n\nClothes are mostly leather, fur, and handspun wool. Belts, pouches, torcs, and brooches are common. Shoes are cut from single pieces of leather, with tabs that wrap up and around the feet, laced together into a simple sandal or pump. To make \"boots,\" folks add thick wool socks, maybe lined with fur.\n\nTimber is relatively scarce. Because of the **[[23 - The Great Wood#**The Compact**|Compact]]**, villagers won't fell a living tree from the Great Wood. Folks scavenge deadfall for firewood and smaller projects, and grow saplings around the fields and Old Wall for spears, bows, and arrows. Large-scale construction requires trading for timber or a logging trip to the **[[16 - The Foothills#The Foothills|Foothills]]**.\n\n- Where does \\_\\_\\_ live?\n- What task or chore are you working on?\n- What's the best/worst thing about this chore?\n- What's cooking on the hearth?\n- What here makes the place feel", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--trade-commerce", "title": "Trade & commerce", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Stonetop's economy is based on cooperation and sharing, trade and barter, gifts and favors, debts and honor. \"Shops\" aren't a thing and prices aren't fixed. Coins are rarely used between neighbors; that stuff 's for outsiders and passing merchants. Crops from the fields go to the granary, to be rationed out to households.\n\nEach family tends its own gardens (vegetables, gourds, fruits, and herbs) and livestock (chickens, goats, sheep, some pigs). Folks practice trades part-time (spinning, weaving, sewing, leatherwork, thatching, carpentry, distilling whisky, stonecutting, husbandry, etc.). Neighbors swap goods and favors freely, with little worry about trades being \"fair.\" If you need a thing that someone isn't using, they'll probably let you borrow or even take it. Maybe you help them fix their roof next month, or your husband sends over a jug of his next batch of whisky.\n\nHunters, trappers, foragers, and full-time tradesfolk tend to freely share their skills and goods, just as the farmers share their crops. Still, they are often awash in gifts of gratitude from other households, and these positions all carry respect and status in town.\n\nMerchants come through at least once each season (except winter). Those coming from **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]** bring textiles, rope, salt, herbs, glass, and finer goods from **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Lygos and the South|Lygos and the South]]**. Merchants coming from **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]** bring metals, tools, and sometimes timber. Both are keen to acquire whisky and furs. Merchants heading to Gordin's Delve are always interested in grain and livestock.\n\n- What sorts of livestock does your household keep?\n- What from your (family's) garden are you (they) most proud of?\n- Who taught you how to \\_\\_\\_?\n- Who in the village is the best weaver/ carpenter/\\_\\_\\_?\n- Who in town has a reputation as a layabout?\n- Who tends to handle trade with outsiders?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--whisky", "title": "Whisky", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Distilling whisky is a local tradition. Most households have a basic still and make a batch or two each year. Ferment some barley mash, distill it into moonshine, age it for a few weeks in a ceramic jug with toasted wood chips. Repeat. A handful of locals (like the publican, perhaps?) have larger operations with charred wooden firkins or barrels.\n\nStonetop whisky is a much-valued trade good, one of the village's chief exports. The secrets of making it are poorly understood outside the village, and even emigrants have struggled to reproduce it in other locales.\n\n- Who in town makes the best whisky?\n- According to local lore, where did the art of distilling whisky come from?\n- Why do you think outsiders have failed to reproduce this process?\n- What secret ingredient/step sets your (family's) whisky apart?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--governance", "title": "Governance", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Stonetop has no government, just leaders. Everyone knows who they are: the wise, the cunning, the brave. It's not a formal thing.\n\n- When big decisions need to be made, how does the village make them? (A big meeting? A council of elders? Or what?)\n- Who rations out crops from the granary?\n- Whose lead do the farmers follow?\n- To whom do the homemakers listen?\n- Whom do the hunters/trappers respect?\n- To whom do folks look to settle disputes/break up fights/deal with trouble?\n- What consequences are traditional for lying/theft/assault/murder/etc.?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--defense", "title": "Defense", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Able-bodied adults are expected to know how to fight and protect the village when needed. Everyone keeps a spear, a round wooden shield, and maybe a bow.\n\nFolks rotate through guard duty, manning the watchtowers each night. The chief concerns are monsters from the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**, especially **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|crinwin]]**, and **[[14 - The Flats#**Monsters**|bandits]]** or **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** raiding from the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]**. Most nights, though, the worst things you have to deal with are boredom, nerves, and bad weather.\n\n- Who runs drills for the militia? Where do they typically drill?\n- Have the watchtowers always been there, or are they a recent thing?\n- How are watchtower shifts assigned?\n- What's the worst part of watch duty?\n- What's the best part?\n- How do you keep yourself awake?\n- How do those on watch signal trouble?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--culture-and-lore", "title": "Culture and lore", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Stonetop shares a tongue with **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**, though the accents are quite distinct. Much lore is passed on verbally, through stories, songs, and poems.\n\nLocal decorations are reminiscent of the runes etched in the Stone itself, and of the designs found on the Maker-ruins from which the village was built.\n\n**Tor** (Rain-maker, Thunderhead, Slayer-of-Beasts, [[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker|Tor, the Rain-maker]]) is the most popular god, and associated with the Stone itself. The pavilion of the gods also holds shrines to **[[03 - Aratis, the Lawkeeper#Aratis, the Lawkeeper|Aratis]]**, **[[09 - Danu, the Earth Mother#Danu, the Earth Mother|Danu]]**, **[[25 - Helior, the Daybringer#Helior, the Daybringer|Helior]]**, and perhaps to other local **[[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|gods or spirits]]**.\n\n- What clothing/markings/traits are distinctive to the people of Stonetop?\n- What game/pastime/tradition is unique to Stonetop?\n- What's your favorite tale of Stonetop's history?\n- What's the scariest story that the elders tell?\n- What's the most obvious way in which the locals honor Tor?\n- How do folks mark or celebrate a birth?\n- How do folks mark one's coming of age?\n- What do folks do with their dead?\n- Do folks revere/recognize any local spirits (of house or hearth, of field or stream, of their ancestors, etc.)? How so?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "- Two youths wish to wed, despite objections from (one of?) their parents\n- Tools left out have gone missing; now things start to vanish from inside homes\n- One villager kills another when a heated argument gets out of hand\n- A flock of starlings and a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Grwgnach**|grwgnach]]** make spring planting impossible\n- **[[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker#**Lightning**|Drought]]** strikes the land, threatening ruin and disaster\n- A merchant that the PCs were counting on fails to arrive\n- **[[14 - The Flats#**Monsters**|Bandits]]** threaten to burn the crops unless paid tribute", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--mysteries", "title": "Mysteries", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "The following are for you and your table to decide.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--the-stone", "title": "The Stone", "level": 3, "path": [ "Questions", "Mysteries" ], "body": "Where did the Stone come from? Why does it draw lightning from the sky? Who carved the ancient runes upon it, and what do they mean? What other secrets does it hold? Perhaps the Stone…\n\n- … is a shard of **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|primordial power]]**, once revered by the Makers;\n- … marks **Tor**'s [[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker|Tor, the Rain-maker]] own grave;\n- … was carved from **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#Chart a Course|Tor's Fist]]** and placed here by the god himself;\n- … is the petrified remains of **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Stormcatcher's tower|Stormcatcher]]**;\n- … binds an **emanation** of the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|The Things Below]];\n- … channels lightning to power an artifact deep beneath the village;\n- … was brought here by the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]** from far across land and sea;\n- … is some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--the-cistern", "title": "The Cistern", "level": 4, "path": [ "Questions", "Mysteries", "The Stone" ], "body": "What's down there, really? What did **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|the Makers]]** build it for? Perhaps…\n\n- … it connects to a complex of chambers and tunnels;\n- … some evil thing slumbers in the water;\n- … it hides an arcanum, like a variant of the **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A timeless vault|Preserving Runes]]** or the **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Ward of Still Waters Strain:|Ward of Still Waters]]**;\n- … it's just a big vault for storing water (the Makers needed to drink, too);\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--ruins-of-the-past", "title": "Ruins of the past", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "What was this place, in the time of the Makers? Perhaps it was…\n\n- … a border-fort of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**;\n- … a trading post of the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]**, from before the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**) rebelled, where they would truck with other Makers;\n- … an outpost of the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**, watched over by **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Stormcatcher]]** and her tower before it fell into ruin;\n- … a free city and market, where the various Makers came to trade and learn;\n- … a place of pilgrimage for the Makers, a temple to whatever gods or powers they revered;\n- … some combination of the above, perhaps changing over time; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\nThe answer should reflect and be reflected in other details. If this was a Stone Lord border-fort, then chunks of the Old Wall could be found at the base of the bluff, down in the Great Wood. If this was a Tempest Lord outpost, then stones from the Old Wall would bear carvings like", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "02-the-village-of-stonetop--origins", "title": "Origins", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "The village has been here for a dozen generations at least, but the true origins of its people are shrouded in mystery and conflicting folktales.\n\nWhence came the people of Stonetop? What led them to settle here? Perhaps they were…\n\n- … subjects of **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Stormcatcher]]**, who fled here when her tower fell;\n- … freed servants of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]** and refugees from the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**;\n- … migrants from east of the **[[11 - The Dread River#The Dread River|Dread River]]**, distant kin to the **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|Manmarchers]]** and [[40 - South Manmarch|South Manmarch]])\n- … migrants from across the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**, who fled the boiling seas and found succor here;\n- … a people out of time and space, emerging from the portal beneath the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper", "title": "Aratis, the Lawkeeper", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Aratis is one of the four main **[[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|gods]]** of Stonetop, the patron god of civilization and records, of laws and wisdom, of order over chaos. Her disciples say that she has been with us since people first stacked stone upon stone and called it home.\n\nIf one of your initial PCs has the Judge playbook, they will answer many of the questions in this section via their presence, their background, and the decisions they make during character creation and introductions. Defer to that PC as the expert on Aratis in your game, but don't forget to ask other PCs for their opinions and experiences, too.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper-2", "title": "Themes", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Choose or roll 1 or 2, and combine.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 3, "path": [ "Themes" ], "body": "1-2 Civilization/society/settlements 3-4 Laws/rules/traditions 5-6 Chronicles/record-keeping/writing 7 Judgement/arbitration/wisdom 8 Cooperation/organization/peace 9 Authority/responsibility/duty 10 Truth/promises/oaths/honor 11 Hospitality/sanctity/generosity 12 Defense/resolve/punishment", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 3, "path": [ "Themes" ], "body": "According to the tales:\n\n- How did Aratis come to be (a god)? What's her origin story?\n- Among which people did the worship of Aratis originate?\n- Which god is her rival/ally/lover/kin?\n- What god or demon did she personally defeat/cast out/seal away?\n- What constellation is tied to Aratis? How so?\n- Who was the first Judge? What great deed is attributed to them?\n- What is said to be contained in the Tower Eternal?\n\nUse the answers to help decide what Aratis's **true nature** is [[20 - Gods and Religion#**1d12** observance|Gods and Religion]].", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper-3", "title": "Hooks", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- The Judge makes an unpopular ruling; an influential NPC wants them gone.\n- A Judge from another settlement arrives and finds things in Stonetop lacking.\n- A true disciple has a vision of a powerful agent of chaos breaking its bonds.\n- While digging stones or excavating a new foundation, folks in Stonetop discover a long-lost Chronicle of Aratis, sealed and mostly intact.\n- Legend tells of the Tower Eternal, made of **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]**, with doors so heavy only a team of horses can open them. Three hermits, all true disciples of Aratis, guard it and whatever it contains.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--shrines-temples", "title": "Shrines & temples", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "Aratis has a shrine in Stonetop's pavilion of the gods. Outside of Stonetop: consider whether this community hosts a shrine or temple to Aratis. Small shrines to Aratis might also be found at **waysides** along the Makers' Roads [[31 - The Makers' Roads#**The Crossroads**|The Makers' Roads]], or perhaps at spots where different groups of **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** gather and meet.\n\nFor any given shrine or temple:\n\n- Where is it located?\n- Who tends this place?\n- How is Aratis herself represented?\n- What symbols/trappings adorn it?\n- Which of her **themes** (previous page) are emphasized?\n- What high holidays are celebrated here, and how?\n- What is this shrine or temple like? Perhaps it is… (pick 1)\n - … a hub of the community, a place of frequent rites, petitions, and celebrations;\n - … used only on high holidays, for each home keeps its own shrine above the hearth;\n - … neglected by most, tended only by a handful of true disciples;\n - … a grim place of judgement and punishment, shunned by all but her chosen;\n - … newly established, cramped and spare;\n - … some variation of the above; or\n - … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--judges", "title": "Judges", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "Some communities are home to a Judge of Aratis, who settles disputes, keeps records, and stands guard against agents of chaos. For any given community, consider/ask:\n\n- Does a Judge of Aratis reside here?\n- Who are they? What are they like? What sets them apart?\n- Has there always been a Judge here? Or is this a recent thing?\n- How much influence do they hold?\n- Do they have any apprentices?\n- How much contact do they have with Judges from other communities?\n- What is their greatest strength as a Judge? What is their greatest flaw? Maybe pick or roll a theme (previous page) for each.\n\nJudges are charged with maintaining a Chronicle, a history of the community they serve, its people, their knowledge, and their traditions. If a community has (or had) a Judge, consider/ask:\n\n- How are the records kept?\n- Where are they? In the Judge's home, a temple, a vault, or what?\n- How far back do they go?\n- How well organized are they?\n\nShould an NPC Judge (or a communityspanning order of Judges) oppose or cause trouble for the PCs, write them up as a threat (an *institution*).\n\nRemember: NPCs don't have playbooks. An NPC Judge might have tags or moves reminiscent of a PC Judge, or not. See [[03 - Aratis, the Lawkeeper#**Dangers**|Aratis, the Lawkeeper]] for some potential NPC Judges.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper-4", "title": "Aratis", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--true-disciples", "title": "True disciples", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aratis" ], "body": "True disciples are those who pledge themselves to Aratis, her principles, and her observances. For any given community, consider/ask:\n\n- How many true disciples of Aratis reside here?\n- Who is most notable among them?\n- How devout are they, really?\n- How much influence do they have, as a group?\n- What contact do they have with disciples from other settlements?\n- How are they typically chosen? (By birth, by calling, by invitation, etc.)\n- What rites do they lead/perform, both publicly and in secret?\n\nWhat does Aratis require of her true disciples? The answer might vary from community to community. Perhaps she demands… (pick up to 3)\n\n- … truth, honesty, and forthrightness;\n- … hospitality, freely given to all who ask for it;\n- … the punishment of thieves & oathbreakers;\n- … adherence to strict rules of diet and dress; and/or\n- … respect for authority, property, and rank.\n\nShould the true disciples of a community oppose or cause trouble for the PCs, write them up as a threat (an *institution*).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aratis" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aratis", "Artifacts" ], "body": "- A blanket woven in the knot-language of a long-dead sect of Aratis's (*fragile*, Value 0, or 2 to the right buyer)\n- A maul of **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]**, utterly immune to magic (*close*, *forceful*, *awkward*, +1 damage, Value 2)\n- A shield of **[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]**, etched with Aratis's symbol (*indestructible*, +1 armor, +1 Readiness of a Defend 7+, Value 2)\n- A helm set with a \"jewel\" of **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**, grants advantage to resist mind-affecting magic (*magical*, Value 2)\n- An old book (*fragile*, Value 2), the Chronicle of a failed settlement, ending mid-sentence\n- A very large sapphire, perfectly cut and polished, a symbol of Aratis floating in its depths (Value 4)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aratis", "Artifacts" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 3, "path": [ "Aratis", "Artifacts" ], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A grim peat mound|A grim peat mound]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Peacebond|A sealed cave]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A timeless vault|A timeless vault]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A crumbling arch|A crumbling arch]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Sigil of Authority Authority:|A silvery signet ring]]**\n- 6 Some other dangerous minor arcanum, with potential to spread chaos, locked away for safekeeping.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aratis", "Artifacts", "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Rune-laden Scales|Rune-laden Scales]]**\n\nmight be associated with Aratis, or at least revered by her followers.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aratis" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--associated-entities", "title": "Associated entities", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aratis", "Dangers" ], "body": "- **Ancestral spirits** or other **[[20 - Gods and Religion#**Little gods**|little gods]]** of home, hearth, and civilization\n- The **tomb-bog spirit** (page [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|85\\)]], sent to execute a criminal\n- An **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|archon]]**, called up to smite some agent of chaos\n- Perhaps even the **[[35 - The Pale Hunter#The Pale Hunter|Pale Hunter]]**) or his hounds", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--judge-of-aratis", "title": "Judge of Aratis", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aratis", "Dangers" ], "body": "*Group*, *leader*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 8; **Armor** 2 (shield, leather cuirass) **Damage** mallet d8 (*hand*) or maul d8+2 (*close*, *forceful*, *awkward*)\n\n**Special qualities** bound by the requirements of a **true disciple** (previous page), at least publicly\n\n**Stalwart instinct** to see things as black and white (+*tough*, +4 HP)\n\n- ä Decry someone/thing, publicly\n- ä Enforce a law/tradition/contract, even despite good sense\n- ä Inspire others with their resolve **Ambitious instinct** to advance their own\n\nagenda (+*cunning*)\n\n- ä Make a reasonable-sounding ruling, to their own advantage\n- ä Suss out someone's motives\n- ä Keep calm under pressure or scrutiny\n\n**Circumspect instinct** to try to make everyone happy (+*friendly*, +*cautious*, deals damage with disadvantage)\n\n- ä Stall, delay, make excuses\n- ä See both sides of an issue\n- ä Find a different way", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper--oathbreaker-s-curse", "title": "Oathbreaker's curse", "level": 3, "path": [ "Aratis", "Dangers" ], "body": "When you *swear a proper oath before a shrine of Aratis*, in full view of witnesses and with an appropriate offering, you are oathbound. Make note of what you promised, and the nature of the curse you invite should you forswear yourself.\n\nWhen you *forswear your oath*, hold 3 Ruin. While you hold Ruin, you have disadvantage whenever you or a companion rolls the Die of Fate.\n\nWhen you *roll a 10+ on a move*, you can spend 1 Ruin to turn the 10+ into a 6 instead. The GM can refuse; if they do, you retain your Ruin. If they accept, the results should reflect the nature of the curse you invited upon yourself.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "03-aratis-the-lawkeeper-5", "title": "Chaos", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "A PC Judge can use their Censure move to denounce another as \"an agent of chaos.\" When they do, the move works regardless of what you think. You can ask questions about their motivations or their thinking, but they're the Judge, not you.\n\nWith the Hound of Aratis move, the Judge can easily identify things \"tainted by chaos,\" and The Hammer and the Book lets them smite things \"of supernatural chaos.\" The **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** count, as does anything corrupted by them or infused with their power.\n\nBeyond that, consider what the Judge has Censured and the doctrine of Aratis that's been established in play. Ask the Judge what they think counts. Consider what you know about the entity in question, and make a ruling. If in doubt, defer to the Die of Fate or the results of a relevant move.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass", "title": "Barrier Pass", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**Size** *village* (~200 souls)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--population-0-prosperity-0", "title": "Population +0 Prosperity +0", "level": 4, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "- Trade with...\n - ... mammoth herders (ivory, wool, meat)\n - ... other fortress-monasteries", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--resources", "title": "Resources", "level": 3, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "- Taxes from nearby farm valleys\n- Farming (terraced gardens, barley)\n- Livestock (goats, sheep, milk, fine wool, meat)\n- Timber (from Foothills)\n- Parchment, vellum, ink\n- Trades: smithing, weaving, tanning, scribing", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--defenses-2", "title": "Defenses +2", "level": 3, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "- A score of guardians\n- A handful of **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Dangers**|adepts]]**\n- A number of **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|tulpas]]**\n- Blunt weapons, nets, bolas, bronze shields and mail\n- Exceptional fortifications\n\nFive days north of Stonetop via the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Highway]]**, after winding through the **[[16 - The Foothills#The Foothills|Foothills]]** and climbing into the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|Whitefang Mountains]]**, you'll come to a pass between two rocky slopes. The pass is blocked by a mighty wall, with dwellings and grander structures on the cliffs above.\n\nLong ago, this was the southernmost outpost of the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**. Today, it is home to descendants of their disciples. They are a stoic, unfriendly people who want little to do with those from the south. In Stonetop, they tell tales of folk coming down from Barrier Pass to trade ancient wonders for goats or grain, but none alive remember such a visit.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "- According to the tales, what did the last visitors from Barrier Pass bring to trade, all those years ago?\n- When was the last time anyone from Stonetop tried to trade with Barrier Pass? Were they ignored? Chased off? Or what?\n- What went wrong when villagers last crossed paths with a party from Barrier Pass up in the Foothills?\n- Who do you know (in Gordin's Delve, perhaps) who hails from Barrier Pass or beyond? Why did they leave?\n- What do you think lies past that great big wall?\n- Who or what do you think they put in those cages that line the Highway as one approaches?\n- Why do you think their warriors carry only blunt weapons?\n\nIf a PC has visited Barrier Pass, or beyond:\n\n- What brought you there in the first place?\n- Why did they let you in?\n- What surprised you the most about how they live?\n- What taboo or point of etiquette did you run afoul of? How so?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--places", "title": "Places", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "- **The approach**: after winding up switchbacks, the Highway straightens and enters a wide pass with steep rocky slopes on either side.\n- **Large cages line the slopes**, swinging in the wind, filled with human (?) bones or starved, raving prisoners.\n- **The Wall**, grand and implacable, 50 feet tall and 20 feet wide, spanning the width of the pass.\n- **A gate in the Wall**, closed of course, the Highway ending 50 feet before it.\n- **The East Slope**, dotted with dwellings, stables, and terraced gardens, all connected with narrow stairs and switch-\n\n- **A waterfall** pours down the east slope, north of the wall. Diverted to gardens and cisterns.\n- **The West Slope**, featuring old giantscale structures, now used as dormitories, kitchens, and so forth for monks and guardians.\n\n **The Great Hall**, its façade elaborately decorated, leading into a vast chamber carved from a mountain cavern. Where residents gather, meditate, train.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--people", "title": "People", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "The people of Barrier Pass descend from the **Rime Lords**' [[38 - Rime Lords|Rime Lords]] mortal disciples. Their names are Nepalese- and Tibetan-inspired (see [[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**1d6** point of interest|The Whitefang Mountains]]).\n\n**The Three Honorable Sages** are powerful **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Dangers**|adepts]]** who preside over Barrier Pass. Each leads one of the three sects.\n\n**The Empty Sky sect** values preser vation and stillness; its monks spend much time in meditative stasis. Led by **Gar Torjeng** (**Instinct** to avoid disruption and distraction).\n\n**The Unmoved Mountain sect** teaches extreme ascetic disciplines, pushing adherents to continually test themselves. Led by **Preshi Kav** (**Instinct** to drive her students towards perfection).\n\n**The White Crystal sect** is devoted to order. The majority of guardians and layfolk follow this sect. Its few monks often lead patrols, mete out justice in nearby farms, and hunt monsters. Led by **Oparma Div** (**Instinct** to tame chaos).\n\n**Monks from each sect** dwell in the fortress, ranging wildly in experience and aptitude. (~40 total, including novices)\n\nThe **Guardians** are sworn to defend Barrier Pass. Many are failed monks. They bear ancient bronze shields and armor, but wield no edged weapons. (~20 total)\n\n**The rest of the inhabitants** are lay folk: families and individuals who garden, herd, cook, clean, and otherwise keep the fortress-monastery running. (~140 souls total)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--stoic-and-unfriendly", "title": "Stoic and unfriendly", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "Why are the people of Barrier Pass so unwelcoming or even hostile to southerners? That's for you and your table to decide, but perhaps…\n\n- … **Aratis** herself [[03 - Aratis, the Lawkeeper|Aratis, the Lawkeeper]] charged them to preserve the Rime Lords' teachings, and eschew the debased peoples of the south;\n- … their ancestors fought off the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]** and they still hold a grudge;\n- … one of the thirteen surviving **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]** is hidden in their mountain chambers;\n- … a prophecy foretells doom coming from the south;\n- … the fortress is tainted by **[[46 - The Things Below#**L'bin'bozia, Flesh-Candle, the Wax Skull, Roiling Tomb**|Y'aaw'kara]]**, and any who dwell here must guard against the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something completely different.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--steading-improvement", "title": ". steading improvement .", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--trade-with-barrier-pass", "title": "TRADE WITH BARRIER PASS", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "Surely it would benefit both communities were we to trade with each other!\n\nRequires getting them to talk to you in the first place, which requires 1 of these:\n\n- Bringing them a valuable artifact of the Rime Lords, as a gift or to trade\n- A resident in good standing, vouching for you\n\nAnd then, all of the following:\n\n- Making a compelling offer\n- Convincing at least two of the Honored Sages to accept\n- Two successful trade missions, each in a different season\n\nWhen you *mark all the requirements*, increase Fortunes by 1 and add \"Trade with Barrier Pass (timber, ivory, parchment, fine wool, goats, sheep)\".\n\nHenceforth, when *spring bursts forth and Stonetop has at least 1 Surplus*, Stonetop gains +1 Surplus from trade. Also, when you *Trade & Barter for timber, ivory, fine wool, goats, sheep, parchment, vellum, or ink*, you have advantage.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--trade-barter", "title": "Trade & Barter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "The PCs must convince the folks of Barrier Pass to deal with them before any of the following matters.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--commonly-available", "title": "Commonly available", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "The following are special items in Stonetop, but commonly available in Barrier Pass-PCs can acquire them here without having to roll. They do need to trade something of equal Value. Crops and produce are usually in demand.\n\n| arms and armor | value |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|\n| Cudgel, bronze ( close ) | 0 |\n| Bola ( thrown , grabby , awkward , -1 die size) | 0 |\n| Mace or flail, bronze ( close , forceful ) | 1 |\n| Mancatcher ( reach , grabby ,-1 die size) | 1 |\n| Shield, bronze ( clumsy , +1 Armor, +1 Readiness on a 7+ to Defend) | 1 |\n\n| goods | value |\n|-------------------------|---------|\n| Fine wool | |\n| garment | 0* |\n| bolt | 1* |\n| cartload ( immobile ) | 2* |\n| Parchment, a few sheets | 1 |\n| Ink, vial, and quills | 1 |\n| Empty book, parchment | 1 |\n\n* +1 if sold/traded outside the Whitefangs\n\n| livestock | value |\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|\n| Whitefang goat ( sure-footed , curious , wooly ); HP 3; Damage d4 ( hand ) Instinct to explore; can butcher for provisions (6 uses); produces fine wool; sickly in warmer climes | 2 |\n| Sheep ( timid , hardy , wooly ); HP 3; Damage d4 ( hand ); Instinct to follow the herd; can butcher for provisions (6 uses) | 1 |\n| Sheep hound , follower ( keen-nosed , herder , fierce ); HP 6; Damage d6 ( hand , grabby ); Instinct to bully, threaten; Cost: care &grooming | 1 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--special-items", "title": "Special items", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "The following might be acquired in Barrier Pass, in addition to special items from the Moves & Gear handout. PCs must roll Trade & Barter to acquire them.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--when-pcs-trade-barter-in-barrier", "title": "When PCs Trade & Barter in Barrier", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "Pass , they use the local Prosperity (+0 by default). If they wish to acquire or sell a bladed weapon, they have disadvantage. On a 6, they don't mark XP , and it's just not available/no one is interested-they might have better luck with a nearby farm or band of mammoth herders.\n\n| goods | value |\n|---|---|\n| Robe/shawl, fine wool, intricately patterned ( warm , beautiful ) | 1* |\n| Ivory | |\n| a bit of finery | 1 |\n| a substantial piece | 2 |\n| a mammoth tusk ( immobile ) | 3 |\n| cartload of mammoth tusks | 4 |\n| Dark ice (*magical*, see [[38 - Rime Lords#**Dark ice**\\|Rime Lords]]) | |\n| a small piece ( magical ) | 1 |\n| a large chunk ( magical) | 2 |\n| with special characteristics | +1 |\n| a functional tool or weapon | +2 |\n| An object of black iron [[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**\\|Primordial Powers]] | +2 |\n\n* +1 if sold/traded outside the Whitefangs", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--services-and-favors", "title": "Services and favors", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "PCs don't need to roll Trade & Barter for the following, but they might need to Persuade people—even if they offer something of suitable Value. If the PCs are well-regarded by locals, they might get these boons for free, or without needing to Persuade anyone, or at a reduced price.\n\n| service/favor | value |\n|------------------------------------------|-------|\n| A few nights of austere food and shelter | 0 |\n| A layfolk's labor for a day | 0 |\n| A crew of layfolk, working for 1 week | 1 |\n| Consultation with a monk | 1 |\n| Audience with an Honorable Sage | 2 |\n| Weeks of guided study with a monk | 2 |\n| A guide into the mountains, to | |\n| a nearby farm valley | 0 |\n| another known, nearby spot | 1 |\n| a dangerous/unknown spot | 2 |\n| a secret/deadly place | 3 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--trade-opportunities", "title": ". trade opportunities .", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "If the PCs get a trade opportunity (from the Seasons Change move), Barrier Pass might offer the following:\n\n- A fair exchange of goods, plus someone to vouch for them should they wish for future trade (see **Trade with Barrier Pass**, page [[04 - Barrier Pass#. trade opportunities .|29]]).\n- A good exchange rate, two or even three Value 2 items for 1 Surplus.\n- Two or three ivory mammoth tusks (Value 3), in exchange for help with a problem.\n- A Value 3 mundane item, in exchange for some less-valuable artifact of the Rime Lords\n- **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|Dark ice]]** in substantial quantities\n- An arcanum from the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|Rime Lords]]**, the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Artifacts|spirits of the wild]]**, or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Dool trees**|death and the undying]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--secrets", "title": "Secrets", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "- Secret paths/doors lead in and out of the compound. Outsiders are blindfolded when taken through them, or condemned to death if they learn of their existence.\n- There is a hidden vault deep in the mountainside, protected by all manner of magics and **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|tulpas]]**. Only a few inhabitants know it exists; fewer know what it contains.\n- One of the monks has started down the path of becoming a **[[38 - Rime Lords#**1d12** instinct|false adept]]**. She is popular and (apparently) quite talented. Only Preshi Kav (Honored Sage of the Unmoved Mountain) suspects anything.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "- The PCs acquire an artifact of the Rime Lords; maybe they can leverage it into opening trade negotiations?\n- A party from Barrier Pass comes to Stonetop, offering ivory/gold/arcana for food/livestock; they are tightlipped, haunted, on edge.\n- A condemned criminal escapes from Barrier Pass and seeks refuge; a **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|shantyara]]** pursues them.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--surroundings", "title": "Surroundings", "level": 3, "path": [ "Barrier Pass", "Dangers" ], "body": "- Steep, treacherous, rocky slopes\n- **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#Services and favors|Harsh mountain weather]]**\n- **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|Hypothermia & frostbite]]**, if you stay out in the cold\n- **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|Rockslides]]** or **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|avalanches]]** in winter", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--fortifications", "title": "Fortifications", "level": 4, "path": [ "Barrier Pass", "Dangers", "Surroundings" ], "body": "- Minor **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|tulpas]]** watching the approach, warning the fortress of visitors\n- A wall of smooth stone, 50 feet tall and 20 feet wide\n- Walkways and crenelations atop the wall\n- A final approach, 50 feet or so with no protection from the Makers' Roads\n- A massive gate of wood and bronze\n- Beyond the gate, a barbican lined with murder holes\n- Cleverly concealed doors that open only from the inside\n- A pair of **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Gingkara**|khyagseng]]** guarding the entrance to the Great Hall", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--folk-from-elsewhere", "title": "Folk from elsewhere", "level": 4, "path": [ "Barrier Pass", "Dangers", "Surroundings" ], "body": "- **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|Mammoth herders]]** or **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Questions**|valley farmers]]**, here to trade, pay tribute, or seek redress\n- An **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Dangers**|adept]]**, visiting from another fortress-monastery or some cave in the wilds\n- A **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Mkhalang**|mkhalang]]**, claiming to bring tidings but really just stirring up trouble\n- A **[[14 - The Flats#**Monsters**|bandit]]** or criminal from one of the nearby farm valleys, condemned to death, pleading for mercy\n- A **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|spirit of the wild]]**, come to visit or debate with the Honored Sages\n- A **thrall** of the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|The Things Below]]), here under false pretense, urged to spread chaos and woe", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--guardian", "title": "Guardian", "level": 3, "path": [ "Barrier Pass", "Dangers" ], "body": "*Group*, *organized*, *skilled*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 3 (bronze shields, mail)\n\n**Damage** bronze mace d8 (*close*, *forceful*) or mancatcher d6 (*reach*, *grabby*) or bola d6 (*thrown*, *grabby*, *awkward*)\n\n**Instinct** to subdue or drive off threats\n\n- ä Deftly execute a group maneuver\n- ä Ensnare a foe\n- ä Club someone senseless\n- ä Resort to deadly force in the heat of the moment", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--monk", "title": "Monk", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "*Group*, *cautious*, *disciplined*, *hardy*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** staff d8 with disadvantage (*close*) **Special qualities** spirit sight; inured to hunger, cold, deprivation\n\n**Empty Sky instinct** to ignore the suffering or needs of others\n\n- ä Remain unperturbed\n- ä Send their mind forth into the spirit world, their bodies insensate\n- ä Calm the elements around them\n\n**Unmoved Mountain instinct** to push and test themselves\n\n- ä Perform a feat of extreme athleticism or endurance\n- ä Endure or absorb raw elemental power\n- ä Refuse to adapt or change", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--white-crystal-instinct-to-impose-order", "title": "White Crystal instinct to impose order", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrier Pass" ], "body": "- ä Take charge\n- ä Do their duty\n- ä Suppress the emotions of others", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "04-barrier-pass--novice", "title": "Novice", "level": 3, "path": [ "Barrier Pass", "White Crystal instinct to impose order" ], "body": "*Group*, *cautious*, *disciplined*, *meek*\n\n**HP** 6, **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** staff d8 with disadvantage (*close*) **Special qualities** unreliable spirit sight **Instinct** to veer between their masters'\n\n- teachings and their base needs ä Do what their superiors ask\n- ä Hesitate, balk, flinch\n- ä Show great promise, or great weakness", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders", "title": "Barrow Builders", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "When the servants of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]** rebelled, slaying their masters and unleashing the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**), those who died in the uprising were hailed as martyrs. The survivors raised mounds of earth and stone to honor them, simple barrows built with human hands and human arts.\n\nSociety collapsed. Horror swept the land. Petty tyrants and sorcerer-kings rose to power. They had barrows built to honor loyal vassals or to seal away the ghosts of those they had betrayed.\n\nFleeting kingdoms rose and fell. Rulers raised grand barrows and had themselves interred with riches, slaves, and followers in tow. Fueled by dark magic and the power of the Things Below, some of these tyrants reigned on even after death.\n\nIn time, the power of the Things Below diminished. Subjects rose up and overthrew their masters. Tyrants began to fall. Those who could not be killed were sealed away in barrows. The **[[46 - The Things Below#**The current age**|current age]]** arrived.\n\nMany barrows still remain. A few are simple graves. Many are haunted or cursed. Some imprison ancient evil. They dot the World's End, especially in the **[[42 - The Steplands#The Steplands|Steplands]]**. The **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** shun them, and warn all travelers away. For they descended from the Barrow Builders, and those who cast them off. They know what horrors those earthen mounds contain.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrow Builders" ], "body": "Breton- or Cornish-inspired, similar to **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk names]]** but with more vowels: Alana, Arzhel, Brandan, Corent, Deniel, Enora, Gwenael, Herve, Judikael, Karenza, Katell, Maben, Margh, Nolwenn, Piran, Ronan, Winoc, Yanick, Yezekael.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Barrow Builders" ], "body": "- An artifact that the PCs want lies in a haunted barrow mound\n- Some fool unseals a barrow and lets **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Phantom rider**|phantom riders]]** loose\n- Someone acquires the tether of a **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Deathless ones**|deathless one]]**\n- Hillfolk are furious that one of the barrows was looted", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-2", "title": "Themes", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Pick 1 or 2, or roll 1d12.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 2, "path": [ "Themes" ], "body": "- 1 Revolution: hunting down the Stone Lords, upending the status quo\n- 2 The works of the Makers: torn down, vandalized, repurposed, lost\n- 3 Societal collapse: famine, shortage, hoarding, violence\n- 4 Sorcerers and necromancers: recklessly wielding power they can't control\n- 5 Human sacrifice, blood magic, the courting and open worship of the Things Below\n- 6 The horrors of war: pillaging, looting, slaughter, dislocation\n- 7 Refugees, desperate and afraid, seeking safety, settling for survival\n- 8 Sorcerer-kings and petty warlords with their grand, bloody ambitions\n- 9 Conquest/oppression/enslavement\n- 10 Intrigue/betrayal/civil war\n- 11 Rulers clinging to power, even from the grave\n- 12 Heroism and hope and perseverance, the casting off of tyrants, the slaying of monsters; the forging of a new age", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-3", "title": "Questions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Where is the nearest barrow-mound that you know of?\n- What strange sign marks it?\n- What tall tale have you heard of it?\n- What story do you recall, from the terrible days after the Makers fell?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--everyone-knows", "title": "Everyone knows:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Questions", "Lore" ], "body": "- That old barrows dot the region\n- That they're smaller and cruder than Maker-ruins\n- That Hillfolk shun them\n- That they supposedly contain great treasure and great danger", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--one-might-know", "title": "One might know:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "- Where a few barrows can be found\n- That they were built by the Hillfolk's (reviled) ancestors\n- Of a particularly (in)famous figure among them\n- The horrors from those times\n- A tale about a specific barrow", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--very-few-know", "title": "Very few know:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Questions", "One might know:" ], "body": "- What a given barrow contains\n- Where a specific figure is buried\n- The true story behind a barrow", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-4", "title": "Sites", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Barrow Builder sites are most common in the **[[42 - The Steplands#The Steplands|Steplands]]**, especially around **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#Blackwater Lake|Blackwater Lake]]** and **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#Three Coven Lake|Three Coven Lake]]**. Plenty can also be found in the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]**, the **[[40 - South Manmarch#South Manmarch|South Manmarch]]**, and along the **[[11 - The Dread River#The Dread River|Dread River]]**. A few can be found in the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]** and as far north as the **[[16 - The Foothills#The Foothills|Foothills]]**.\n\nTo create a Barrow Builder site, pick one or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-5", "title": "1d6 site", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 A **[[42 - The Steplands#Caves|cave]]**, in which they or their victims lived/hid/died/ were interred (combine with 1 or 2 themes, [[05 - Barrow Builders#**Barrow**|Barrow Builders]])\n- 2 An old battlefield or mass grave, likely **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|haunted]]**\n- 3-4 A **reclaimed Maker-ruin** (see below)\n- 5-6 A **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow|barrow]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--reclaimed-maker-ruin", "title": "Reclaimed Maker-ruin", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d6 site" ], "body": "Choose or roll for its origin. Create the ruin from the appropriate tables, rolling with advantage for its condition at the time the Barrow Builders claimed it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-6", "title": "1d12 origin", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 A **[[24 - Green Lords#1d6 site|Green Lord ruin]]** 2 A **[[38 - Rime Lords#**A ruin**|Rime Lord ruin]]** 3-4 A **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**A ruin**|Tempest Lord ruin]]** 5-6 A **[[18 - Forge Lords#1d6 site|Forge Lord ruin]]** 7-10 A **[[43 - Stone Lords#1d6 site|Stone Lord ruin]]**\n- 11-12 A ruin of multiple groups (roll 1d10 twice)\n\nThen pick or roll for a theme [[05 - Barrow Builders#**Barrow**|Barrow Builders]] to reflect how the Barrow Builders used it, 1-3 signs of their presence, and its current condition. Populate the site with artifacts and dangers of the Barrow Builders, as well as those of its original owners.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-7", "title": "1d12 signs", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]**/psychic imprints\n- 3-4 Remains/bones/graves/memorials\n- 5-6 Damage/plunder/vandalism/graffiti\n- 7-8 Distinctive material culture: refuse/ pottery/tools/art/statuary/textiles/etc.\n- 9-10 Crude, human-sized additions/ adaptations/repairs\n- 11 Altars/idols/offerings/arcane symbols\n- 12 Maker artifacts, repurposed", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-8", "title": "1d12 current condition", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-4 Shattered and laid waste by time, disaster, or vandalism; mostly buried, overgrown, collapsed; its purpose unrecognizable\n- 5-8 Crumbling, largely buried, overgrown, or hidden away\n- 9-10 Buried, overgrown, or hidden, but mostly intact\n- 11-12 Fully visible and strangely well-preserved\n\nFor more examples, see **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#**1d12** ruin or barrow|Blackwater Lake]]** and **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#**1d12** stone lord site|Three Coven Lake]]**.\n\n*The PCs are searching for the fiery heart of the Mindgem [[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Mysteries of the Mindgem|Mindgem]]. I think it's in a Stone Lord ruin that the Barrow Builders reclaimed. Looking at the tables on [[43 - Stone Lords#1d6 site|1d6]] I end up with a warren of multi-storied, brutalist apartments—housing for laborers—built around a single, giant-sized manor where the overseers dwelt. Maybe this was a plantation, with a small army of lithic servants* [[43 - Stone Lords#**1d12** sapience|Stone Lords]] *maintaining the complex?* \n\n*For the Barrow Builders' theme, I roll an 11 (\"rulers clinging to power, even from the grave\"). For signs, I roll a 5 (\"damage/plunder/vandalism/graffiti\") and 10 (\"crude, human-sized\" modifications). For the current condition, I roll a 9 (\"buried, overgrown… mostly intact\"). I ponder a bit, and come up with this:*\n\n*A sorcerer led the humans here to rise up against their overseers. The sorcerer then claimed the manor as his own, along with the device that charged and controlled the lithic servants —a device powered by the Mindgem's makerglass heart! He turned the manor into a crude palace and sent \"his\" people back to work the fields. When they eventually rebelled, he was mortally wounded but transferred his soul into the device that ran the lithic servants. With his mind now spread among the many constructs, he squashed the uprising. His rule grew increasingly erratic, brutal, and ineffective. The tenements became more squalid and desperate. Folks fled. The sorcerer didn't care.*\n\n*Now, the complex lies empty: overgrown, half-buried, stripped of anything of value, and home only to a dwindling army of lithic servants and the fractured mind of a paranoid sorcerer.*\n\n*[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|The PCs are following the River Sruth out of Marshedge]]* *and through the South Manmarch when they encounter a barrow. I roll a 10 for terrain (\"tree(s), savannah, thickets\"), a 9 for a theme (\"conquest/oppression/enslavement\"), a 12 for size (\"manmade hill\"), a 1 for purpose (\"to honor the interred\"), a 3 for architectural elements (\"obvious entrance\"), an 11 for condition (\"strangely intact, fully visible\"), and a 12 for features (\"roll twice\"). I then get a 4 (\"corrupted by the Things Below\") and a 10 (\"treasure,\" with a 2 for the amount remaining). For the corruption, I turn to [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]] and come up with a poisonous place, with themes of death and broken bones, first caused by a blood-offering and then by a seal being broken. I ponder a little, and come up with this:* \n\n*A lone hill rising from sparse woods on the river's south bank. The daughter of a warlord commissioned it. Hundreds of slaves built it. When it was done, she had the slave's skulls caved in, to be interred with her father and his riches. After the daughter's brief reign ended, some fools pried open the stone doors to loot the warlord's tomb. They found chambers full of death, madness, and cursed gold. Those few who made it out were never the same. The barrow still lies open and treasure still remains, but no one with a lick of sense goes near it.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--barrow", "title": "Barrow", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "They are the most obvious remnants of these bloody times: dome shaped earthen mounds. Most folks assume they were all tombs, but that's hardly the case.\n\nPick or roll for themes [[05 - Barrow Builders#**Barrow**|Barrow Builders]], its size, its purpose, 1 or 2 architectural elements, its condition, and a feature. Place the barrow in an appropriate terrain for its region. Fill it with **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Artifacts**|artifacts]]** and **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Dangers**|dangers]]** of the Barrow Builders or the appropriate region.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--1d12-size", "title": "1d12 size", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "- 1-4 Small: just a few paces across, no chambers to speak of\n- 5-8 Medium: big as a house, a few cramped halls/chambers\n- 9-12 Large: a manmade hill, riddled with chambers/passages", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--1d12-purpose", "title": "1d12 purpose", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "1-3 To honor the interred 4-6 To bind/torment the interred 7 To protect the interred 8-9 To hide something away\n\n10 To leverage/maintain fell magic\n\n11-12 Roll 1d10, twice", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--1d12-architectural-elements", "title": "1d12 architectural elements", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "- 1-2 Megalith(s)/cairn(s)/dolmen(s)\n- 3-4 Obvious entrance (likely sealed)\n- 5-6 Irregular/elaborate/oval shape\n- 7-8 Works of the Makers, recycled\n- 9-10 Walls of dry-stacked stones\n- 11-12 Built around a spring: water bubbling up/pooling/flowing out\n\nEven in large barrows, chambers and passages are cramped and claustrophobic, often with packed-dirt floors and lined with large slabs of stone.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--1d12-condition", "title": "1d12 condition", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "- 1-4 Collapsed, torn open, only hints remaining\n- 5-6 Partially collapsed or torn open, but largely intact\n- 7-10 Mostly intact, but overgrown or partly buried; easy to miss\n- 11-12 Strangely intact, fully visible", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--1d12-feature", "title": "1d12 feature", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "- 1-2 **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Haunted]]**, marked by dool trees\n- 3-4 Corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- 5 Protective spirit(s)/construct(s)/demon(s)/spell(s)/trap(s)\n- 6 Connects to **[[42 - The Steplands#Caves|caves]]**\n- 7 Inhabited by local beasts/bandits\n- 8 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]** growing on/in/near it\n- 9-10 Treasure (roll 1d6 to inform how much remains)\n- 11-12 Roll again, twice\n\nFor more examples, see **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#**1d12** ruin or barrow|Blackwater Lake]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "The Barrow Builders gladly looted and repurposed whatever treasures they could, and often dabbled with dangerous powers. Their sites often contain artifacts related to:\n\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Dool trees**|Death and the undying]]**\n- The **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- The **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**\n- Other **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**, especially the **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]** or the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "- A rusty Y-shaped pendant (Value 0), symbol of the cult who fed the **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|Voice of the Eternal Maw]]**\n- A bronze blade from a **metal construct**'s [[18 - Forge Lords#**Metal constructs**|Forge Lords]] limb, remade into a brutal axe (*close*, *messy*, *awkward*, +1 damage, Value 1)\n- A map (*fragile*) to the barrow of a famously rich warlord\n- Ancient grains in wax-sealed jugs, still good and worth 1 Surplus (*immobile*)\n- A Maker-era gold coin (Value 2), found in a mass grave, the tether for a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghost]]**\n- A fine torc of **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]** around a skeleton's neck; shocks its wearer if they try to remove it or engage in any sort of violence\n- A spear (*close*, *thrown*, *beautiful*, *indestructible*, 2 piercing, Value 3) made of **[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]**, shaft and all, found in a hero's tomb\n- A Stone Lord's cleft skull, coated in gold and studded with gems (*cumbersome*, Value 4)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--an-old-bronze-dagger", "title": "An old bronze dagger", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "*hand*, *magical*\n\nTinged green, but sharp and sturdy. In the chaotic days after the Makers fell, it was the weapon of a desperate father. He killed his own brother with it, to protect his children's food. He killed others, too, to make sure his family had enough. So many, many others.\n\nThe dagger holds a shard of that father's desperate will. When you *Seek Insight about someone while carrying the dagger*, add the following to the list of questions you can ask. If *your hand is on the hilt*, you can ask one of these questions for free, even on a 6-.\n\n- What of mine do they most want?\n- How am I most vulnerable to them?\n- What do they carry that is useful to me?\n\nIf a PC keeps the dagger, treat it as a threat (a *MacGuffin*; **Instinct** to cause paranoia).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--the-three-star-crown", "title": "The Three-star Crown", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d12 current condition", "An old bronze dagger" ], "body": "*magical*, *beautiful*, Value 4 A circlet of whitest gold, set with three black sapphires that shine like stars. It was made by a renowned smith, an apprentice of the **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]**, at the command of a petty warlord. The warlord was so pleased, he maimed the smith's hands so that she could never make its rival. The smith killed herself in despair, cursing the crown to steal the hopes of all who wore it.\n\nWhen you *wear the crown and interact with someone who fears or respects you*, you roll +CHA with advantage. Alas, *each time you don the crown*, roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, tell the GM one of your hopes and why you doubt it can be achieved; **on a 7-9**, tell them a hope you have abandoned; **on a 6-**, you fall into a deep despair that lasts until you rouse yourself to face a mortal danger.\n\nIf *the crown is destroyed*—the gems shattered, the metal reduced to slag then the despair is lifted and all lost hopes are restored.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--a-lead-bracelet", "title": "A lead bracelet", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 current condition", "An old bronze dagger", "The Three-star Crown" ], "body": "Makes you feel important.\n\n*magical*, Value 1 This heavy, black metal torc is set with a red gem. It feels good upon your wrist.\n\nWhen you *wear the torc and threaten someone that you consider beneath you*, lose HP equal to the torc's current Cost (1d4 to start). They are filled with fear; the craven will flee, cower, or grovel, and even the brave will flinch and hesitate. Each time you use the torc, the Cost increases by 1 die size (max 1d10).\n\nWhen you *wear the torc for a week without anyone questioning your authority*, decrease the Cost by one step (min 1d4).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 current condition", "An old bronze dagger", "The Three-star Crown" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#An old scroll case , fragile|An old scroll case]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A tattered mantle|A tattered mantle]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Fetch's Mask Ken|A disturbing mask]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A vellum scroll , fragile|A vellum scroll]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Sigil of Authority Authority:|A silvery signet ring]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A mummified hand|A mummified hand]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 current condition", "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "The following are particularly likely to be associated with the Barrow Builders:\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Blood-quenched Sword|Blood-quenched Sword]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Hec'tumel Codex|Hec'tumel Codex]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Blackwood Fetishes|Blackwood Fetishes]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 current condition", "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Dangers**|Unstable construction]]**\n- **[[43 - Stone Lords#Perilous stone|Perilous stone]]**\n- **[[11 - The Dread River#**Dangers**|Cursed objects]]**\n- Darkness, deep in a barrow\n- Low ceilings, cramped quarters, poor lines of sight", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--banefire", "title": "Banefire", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "Curtains or pillars of heatless flame, blue or green or purple, with no obvious source of fuel. Banefire features in many tales of the barrows: to repel, to imprison, or just as an uncanny feature of the mounds.\n\n- ^ä Spring forth with little/no warning\n- ^ä Blind them with sudden light\n- ^ä Block a path or a line of sight\n- ^ä Burn spirits, the undead, and living souls (d8 damage, ignores armor)\n\n**Something interesting:** Ghosts and other spirits fear banefire as much as mortals, but the inhabitants of some barrows can control it.\n\n**Something useful:** Banefire burns only where it's meant to; it never spreads. Each banefire is anchored to a blackened bone, all that remains of the mortal whose body and soul were sacrificed to fuel the flames.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--traps", "title": "Traps", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 current condition", "Banefire" ], "body": "They put all that effort into building barrows. They weren't going to leave them unguarded.\n\nTo create a trap, consider the barrow's purpose and what it contains, and where the trap is found. Then pick or roll for the trap's intent, its trigger, its tell, and as many elements as makes sense. Imagine how it works. If you like, prep GM moves and/or an impending doom for the trap, and maybe a custom player move.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--1d12-intent", "title": "1d12 intent", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d12 current condition", "Banefire" ], "body": "1-2 To kill/maim/injure 3-4 To repel/separate/deny/isolate 5-6 To weaken/hinder/delay 7-8 To capture/punish/torment 9-10 To alert/awaken/prepare", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--1d12-trigger", "title": "1d12 trigger", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d12 current condition", "Banefire" ], "body": "11-12 Roll d10 twice\n\n- 1-2 Stepping/entering/being/staying somewhere\n- 3-4 Touching something\n- 5-6 Moving something/picking it up\n- 7-8 Breaking/disturbing something\n- 9-10 Opening/closing something\n- 11-12 Perceiving/examining/tinkering with something\n\n| 1d12 | tell |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | A brief warning before it goes off |\n| 2-4 | A tiny detail, easy to miss |\n| 5-7 | Unusual construction/decor |\n| 8-10 | Bait |\n| 11-12 | Clear signs—it's obviously a trap |\n\n| 1d12 | elements |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | Camouflage/illusion/deception |\n| 2 | Gravity/weight/mass/hardness |\n| 3 | Blades/spikes/needles/pointy bits |\n| 4 | Wire/rope/pulleys/contraptions |\n| 5 | Tension/pressure/springs/balance |\n| 6 | Chemics/poison/acid/gas/fire |\n| 7 | Special materials (see below) |\n| 8 | Runes/glyphs/sigils/marks/spells |\n| 9 | Light/dark/heat/cold/noise/quiet |\n| 10 | Thoughts/emotions/mind games |\n| 11 | Spirits/constructs/undead/vermin |\n| 12 | Previously triggered/disarmed |\n\nSpecial materials might include **[[24 - Green Lords#**1d12** ability|hazardous growths]]**, **[[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|orichalcum]]**, **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]**, **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**, **[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]**, **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]**, **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|red crystal]]**, and/or other things of your devising.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--examples", "title": "Examples:", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "- A pit, 15-feet deep, the bottom lined with rusty spikes; covered by taut fabric, pebbles, and dust\n- A gap runs down the ceiling of a low tunnel; stepping on a flagstone releases a swinging axe\n- A puzzle-box on a decoy coffin; futzing with it releases stabby little constructs from the coffin\n- A corpse's sword; moving it pulls a wire, which upends an urn full of salt and releases a trapped wraith\n- A rune-etched doorway; any who try to enter stop, turn around, and forget the last few minutes\n- Opening the door to the final vault requires removing a keystone; the whole barrow will collapse\n- Sconces of glowing makerglass; break the rune-seal on the sarcophagus, get fried by lightning\n- A dead-end, the word VIGILANCE carved on the far wall, the room full of colorless, odorless gas; causes headaches, irritability, fainting, death", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--people", "title": "People", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**, warning away explorers or chasing them off\n- A **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]**, **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Adventurer|antiquarian]]**, or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|sorcerer]]**, seeking knowledge/artifacts\n- **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Adventurer|Adventurers]]**, hunting treasure\n- A **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|necromancer]]**, consulting with those long-dead", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** and **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]**, haunting barrows, reclaimed ruins, old battlegrounds mass graves\n- **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Construct**|Constructs]]**, stolen from the Stone Lords or made using their arts\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|Corrupted beings]]**, ancient pets of ancient sorcerers, or local fauna affected by lingering evil\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]**, bound by old spells\n\n *Group*, *undead*, *corrupted*, *terrifying*, *hardy*, *hoarder*\n\n**HP** 14; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 2 vs. bronze or fire (mail)\n\n**Damage** rusty sword d8+2 (*close*, *forceful*) or crushing grip d8+2 (*hand*, *grabby*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** bound to their barrow **Instinct** to protect their hoard\n\n- ^ä Utter an echoing warning\n- ^ä Block an exit\n- ^ä Stand fast, refusing to be moved\n- ^ä Keep fighting with or reattach a severed limb\n\nAs you might expect, grave robbing was always a problem for the Barrow Builders. But a clever sorcerer had a solution! So many hateful spirits roamed the world in those days. Why not bind some to the corpses of the deceased, and let the dead guard their own treasure?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--phantom-rider", "title": "Phantom rider", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current condition" ], "body": "*Group*, *large*, *spirit*, *undead*, *organized* **HP** 14; **Armor** 2 (lacks organs, shield) **Damage** spear 1d8 (*close*, *thrown*) or trample d8+2 (*hand*, *forceful*) or bow d8 (*near*)\n\n**Special qualities** bound to their bones; can travel far and wide; can't manifest in daylight; takes +1d4 damage from silver\n\n**Instinct** to seek tribute, to lord over others\n\n- ^ä Speed across the landscape like the wind itself\n- ^ä Form a body of soil, dust, and mist\n- ^ä Flank and harry their foes\n\nFor a time, it was common for warriors to pledge both their lives and their deaths to their lieges, and to be interred with their horses and their fellows in their master's tomb. Thus, they could live on in death, still basking in a grim and joyless glory.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--deathless-ones", "title": "Deathless ones", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 current condition", "Phantom rider" ], "body": "In the time of the Barrow Builders, many warlords and sorcerers were obsessed with immortality. A number of them found it—or something like it—through undeath.\n\nTo create a deathless one, imagine a warlord (someone similar to a **[[34 - North Manmarch#**Chief**|Manmarcher chief]]**), a **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|sorcerer]]**, a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|necromancer]]**, or a **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]**. Consider making them **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted]]** by the Things Below. Add the *undead* tag, and give them +4 HP because they are animated by more than biology.\n\nFrom there, pick or roll for the tether that sustains them, how it sustains them, and its limitation. Then pick or roll for the deathless one's current state. Consider where and how they (or their influence) might be encountered. Let this all inform their story, their personality, and their stat block.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-9", "title": "1d12 tether", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Small (needle, torc, ring, etc.)\n- 3-4 (sword, scepter, crown, scroll, mummified hand, etc.)\n- 5-6 (shield, standard, urn, etc.)\n- 7-8 , *cumbersome* (bust, cauldron, coffer, tapestry, etc.)\n- 9-10 *immobile* (hoard, tree, cave, statue, sarcophagus, etc.)\n- 11-12 *fragile* and roll d10 again (egg, porcelain, mirror, device, etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-10", "title": "1d12 how it sustains them", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 It hides their death/heart/soul\n- 3-4 It anchors their soul to the world\n- 5-6 It feeds/renews/recharges them\n- 7-8 It gives them leverage over the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death's Door**|Lady of Crows]]**\n- 9-10 It shields them from the Lady and the **[[35 - The Pale Hunter#The Pale Hunter|Pale Hunter]]**\n- 11-12 It suffers age/death/decrepitude in their place\n\nUnless their tether fails or is destroyed, they cannot truly die. Their body will eventually heal or regenerate, or their spirit will possess some hapless victim.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-11", "title": "1d12 limitation", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 They can't leave its presence\n- 3-4 It must be fed/charged/maintained\n- 5-6 It must be relocated often\n- 7-8 Its destruction results in their instant, terrible, final death\n- 9-10 If \"killed,\" they require outside aid to be restored\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders-12", "title": "1d12 current state", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-3 Greatly diminished, perhaps destroyed and waiting to return\n- 4-6 Imprisoned and largely forgotten\n- 7-9 Hidden, apathetic, self-involved\n- 10 Trapped, but with some influence\n- 11 Secretly active, pursuing schemes\n- 12 Roll 1d10 twice\n\n*I've established that the Mindgem's fiery heart is in the clutches of a deathless sorcerer, whose soul inhabits an arcane device that controls a number of lithic servants* (see [[43 - Stone Lords#**1d12** sapience|Stone Lords]])*.* \n\n*[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|I start with a sorcerer]]**[[46 - The Things Below#**For We Are Many**|, corrupted by El'rash-Orra]]**. For gifts, I give him a terrifying gaze and the ability to inflict false sensations. For marks, I give him slow-healing wounds and strange fascinations (he's a voyeur).* \n\n*I already decided that he had \"anchored his soul\" to an arcane device in a Stone Lord manor (*immobile*,* fragile*). For a limitation, I think the device \"must be fed/charged/maintained,\" and that \"its destruction results in his final death.\" For a current state, I think he's \"trapped, but with some influence\" via the lithic servants he can possess.* \n\n*I picture him in his oversized manor, seated on a makeshift throne, permanently wounded, unable to move on his own. A dozen faceless stone servants attend him, moving him like a puppet when needed. Behind the throne is a contraption of rune-carved stone and crystal, the makerglass heart burning at its core. His mind is spread among his servants, some of whom scour Three Coven Lake for artifacts, gossip, and materials to maintain his device. Should the device fail, his consciousness will splinter and his body will finally die. The servants, each containing a splinter of his soul, will fight each other for primacy. None will succeed.* \n\n*I write up his stat block like this:*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "05-barrow-builders--myghal-deathless-sorcerer", "title": "MYGHAL, DEATHLESS SORCERER", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 current state" ], "body": "Solitary, undead, corrupted, paranoid, magical, hoarder, terrifying HP 16; ARMOR 4 (wards) DAMAGE word of false pain d8 (near,\n\n area, ignores armor) SPECIAL QUALITIES tethered to the\n\n device; broken body; aware of all that his servants perceive\n\n- INSTINCT to jealously hoard secrets > Inflict false sensations on others\n- > Fix someone with his terrible gaze\n- > Reveal a plan or a horrid truth > Control his lithic servants like\n- they were extensions of himself > Recover from any wound, slowly\n\nand never fully", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake", "title": "Blackwater Lake", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "In the west of the **[[42 - The Steplands#Spring|Steplands]]**, in the shadow of the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**, there is a large and placid lake. A low ridge surrounds it, and a wide, rocky shore. The Aberzh River flows in from the west. No rivers or streams flow out.\n\nThe water is dark, and very deep, and very, very still. It is always cold but never freezes. There are no waves. The wind shuns the surface. No birds dare alight.\n\nThis was once great Dulenn, city of Dark Waters, the slow-beating heart of the **Stone Lords**' vast domain [[43 - Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]. Whereas **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#Three Coven Lake|Teirstered]]** was a city of towers and splendor, Dulenn was a solemn place. A quiet warren, carved and sung from bedrock with the beauty of a limestone cave.\n\nThere was no lake, then. Not above the ground. But it was called \"Dark Waters\" for a reason. For seven deep tunnels led to seven mighty seals, each guarded by Stone Lord sentinels who sang a ceaseless lulling song. Behind those doors was a vast and lightless lake. A hole in the earth. A **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#**Call of Daagon**|Mouth of Daagon]]**.\n\nWhen the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]** roused the Things Below to help them quell the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, the seals below Dulenn cracked. Daagon began to whisper. Began to sing. Resentment grew among the Stone Lords' human servants. Leaders rose among them: cunning, confident, and eloquent, knowing things they oughtn't, awash in uncanny power. Cults of liberation formed. A conspiracy grew.\n\nSeven sorcerers infiltrated Dulenn. They found the tunnels. They slew the sentinels. They broke the seals.\n\nAnd Daagon, Who Waits in Deep Water, waited no more. It thrashed. It opened its yawning dark wet jaws. Dulenn fell into the earth. And the Dark Water, the Blackwater, surged in to flood the hole.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake" ], "body": "- Striations in nearby outcrops, tilted towards the lake\n- The damp, mineral smell of wet stone\n- Clouds, stars, shoreline—all reflected in the lake\n- Stillness, quiet, echoes of the slightest sound\n- At times: thick banks of fog, wet, cloying, isolating\n\nTip: lower your voice; speak slowly, softly, make them lean in to hear you.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake" ], "body": "- **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#**Servants of Daagon**|Servants of Daagon]]** are roaming further from the lake than usual.\n- A **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|thrall]]** of Daagon drags a victim here to sacrifice.\n- A **deathless one**'s [[05 - Barrow Builders#**Deathless ones**|Barrow Builders]] tether is hidden near the lake.\n- Hillfolk **[[26 - Hillfolk#Upland horse|spirit-talkers]]** sing a certain song here every 7 years to keep the lake subdued.\n- A dangerous artifact needs to be cast into the Mouth of Daagon.\n- Certain NPCs hear a silent song, calling them to Blackwater Lake.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--getting-there", "title": "Getting there", "level": 2, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake" ], "body": "To reach Blackwater Lake from Stonetop:\n\n- First you must travel to the Steplands, which will take at least 4 days.\n- From there, it will take at least 2 days and corresponding amount of supplies\n- You need a knowledgeable guide.\n- Even then, you risk getting lost near the lake.\n- The terrain itself is treacherous, you", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--areas", "title": "Areas", "level": 2, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake" ], "body": "- **Nearby hills:** A soft place, where paths might change in the fog, full of ruins, **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow|barrow mounds]]**, and **[[42 - The Steplands#Caves|caves]]**. Bedrock and ruins all tilt towards the lake.\n- **Outer ridge:** An escarpment that rings the lake, dropping 50-100' to the shores. Lightly wooded up top. Holds a number of ruins, buried at odd angles, some poking out.\n- **Shore:** Extends 100-200' from the outer ridge. Lots of rubble, much of it ancient masonry. Thick lichen, grass that leans away from the lake.\n- **The Aberzh River:** Cuts through the western ridge, then widens and flows lazily to the lake. Muddy, shallow, rocky. Lots of dark algae.\n- **The Pillar:** On the north shore, 40' wide and over 100' tall. Made of salvaged masonry stones, crudely stacked. No obvious entrance. A precarious climb. Feels cursed.\n- **The lake:** About 2 x 3 miles. Impossibly still, dark, reflective. Always cold, never freezes. Hundreds of feet deep near the center.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12). If you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake" ], "body": "| 1 | Trees/shrubs/succulents/tall grass |\n|-----|------------------------------------|\n| 2-3 | Ridge wall/prominence/overhang |\n| 4-5 | Scree/rubble/rocks/boulders |\n| 6-7 | ruin or barrow (next page) |\n| 8 | Very large boulder(s) |\n| 9 | Pool/pond/spring/rivulet |\n| 10 | Peninsula/cove/inlet |\n| 11 | Mud/mire/shingle/shallows |\n| 12 | Drop-off/deep water |\n| | |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d12-ruin-or-barrow", "title": "1d12 ruin or barrow", "level": 2, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake" ], "body": "- 1 Partly collapsed mound of earth and stones, each carved with fearrunes. Holds bones, clay vessels full of rotted grain.\n- 2 Warehouse-sized bunker of massive blocks, buried at a severe angle. Bay doors visible, heavily marred, but still intact.\n- 3 Warren of human-sized rooms, dug into outer ridge. Confusing layout, odd angles, unstable, lit by glowing crystals.\n- 4 Door into the ridge, leading to a crude, vaulted room. Holds a 12' statue of a squat, fishy beast. Its mouth opens to a deep shaft.\n- 5 Dozens of makerglass tubes, each smaller than the last, lined up in ranks and fused together. Chime hauntingly when struck.\n- 6 Walls of a cubical stone room with many niches. Tilted ~30°. Crystalline fixture in one wall. Words spoken here blare from somewhere across the lake.\n- 7 Series of dissimilar rooms and tunnels, leading to a massive underground amphitheater, like a cyst in the earth. Largely flooded.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d12-ruin-or-barrow-2", "title": "1d12 ruin or barrow", "level": 2, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake" ], "body": "- 8 Stone head, bigger than a house, barely recognizable. Eye sockets open to a chamber. Interior walls covered in runes, useless levers.\n- 9 Barrow on the ridge, hidden by trees, brush. An open doorway. Inside: a withered corpse bound by bronze, a pile of offerings.\n- 10 Small hill of stacked stones; one slab hides a door. Inside, an icy crystal lures in wraiths, binds them; scores are trapped already.\n- 11 Cavernous, buried room, tilted but mostly whole. Full of chisels and **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#**The Crossroads**|warded pavestones]]**: mostly smashed, a few in progress, some buried but intact.\n- 12 Onion-shaped dome of stone, ~30' across. Hollow, an opening facing down, water pooling impossibly on the ceiling inside.\n\nThe above are just examples. To create more Stone Lord ruins, see [[43 - Stone Lords#1d6 site|1d6]] but roll for condition with disadvantage. Those that are at all intact will be tilted and askew, and are likely to have been **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Reclaimed Maker-ruin|reclaimed]]** by the Barrow Builders at some point.\n\nTo create more barrows, see [[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow|Barrow]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 3, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake", "1d12 ruin or barrow" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake" ], "body": "- 1 A change of terrain [[06 - Blackwater Lake#**1d6** discovery|Blackwater Lake]] and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 An unnerving tableau (see below)\n- 4 An encounter (see below)\n- 5 An artifact of... (see below)\n- 6 An opportunity (see below) **1d6** unnerving tableau\n\n- 1 An altar, trappings of ceremony, blood stains, slimy trails\n- 2 Wards/bindings on an open entrance, marred and broken\n- 3 A slowly rotting pile of skin, like it was sloughed off\n- 4 Skeleton(s), dry and brittle, tiny little bite marks (?) all over the bones\n- 5 Partial skeleton(s); some of the bones are missing, others seem… melted\n- 6 A large mammal, like a horse or aurochs; staggers out into the lake, gets yanked below water", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d6-encounter", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 4, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake", "1d6 discovery" ], "body": "- 1 A **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|thrall]]** of Daagon, heavily marked, full of shame\n- 2 A lone **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#**Servants of Daagon**|servant of Daagon]]**), dragging something of value to the lake\n- 3 A **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]**, come to bargain with Daagon or its servants\n- 4 A **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**, likely **[[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|corrupted]]** but still curious or indifferent\n- 5 A confused wanderer, following a voice in their head\n- 6 **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**: exiled, on the hunt, checking wards, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d6-artifact-of", "title": "1d6 artifact of...", "level": 4, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake", "1d6 discovery" ], "body": "- 1-2 … the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- 3-4 … the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**\n- 5 … Some other group of **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**\n- 6 … the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d6-opportunity", "title": "1d6 opportunity", "level": 4, "path": [ "Blackwater Lake", "1d6 discovery" ], "body": "- 1 A boat/raft (roll 1d6 for condition)\n- 2 Large game (aurochs, deer, boar, etc.); confused, strangely docile\n- 3 A treasure, left in shallow waters or set on a rock not far out from shore\n- 4 **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** in trouble and wary but grateful for help\n- 5 A good place to rest/restock/lay an ambush\n- 6 A **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Sacred sites|sacred site]]**, somehow uncorrupted", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake-2", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake-3", "title": "Hazards", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- A stretch of water and reason to brave it\n- Rocks to climb and a reason to try it\n- Poor footing (mud, unstable rubble, scree, slick wet stone, etc.)\n- **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|Rockslides]]** on the outer ridge\n- **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Dangers**|Unstable construction]]** or **[[43 - Stone Lords#Perilous stone|perilous stone]]**\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|Disquiet and unease]]**, **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|whispers and visions]]**, **[[46 - The Things Below#**On a 6-**, pick 1:|unnatural phenomena]]**, and **[[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|corruption]]**\n\n# **Fog** Fog forms often, especially on breezy, warm days or during still, chilly nights. Sometimes it comes with no warning. And sometimes, reality becomes… malleable… in the fog.\n\n- ^ä Have mist start to gather, thicken\n- ^ä Obscure their surroundings, make them struggle to navigate\n- ^ä Separate them, perhaps inexplicably\n- ^ä Hint at/reveal the presence of **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#**Servants of Daagon**|servants of Daagon]]**\n- ^ä Have them end up far from where they should be\n- ^ä Reveal that the landscape has changed, rearranged itself", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--the-blackwater", "title": "The Blackwater", "level": 4, "path": [ "Hazards" ], "body": "The lake is always frigid but never freezes over. It is weirdly dark and still, smooth like glass. Any disturbance ripples out and out and out. It feels like it is sleeping. Like it's lying in wait.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--hazards-include", "title": "Hazards include:", "level": 3, "path": [ "Hazards" ], "body": "- Instinctive dread, from a generational fear of water\n- The fact that they probably can't swim\n- Shivering cold, the threat of debilities or even **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|hypothermia]]**\n- Poor footing (slick rocks, mud, algae)\n- Steep, unexpected drop-offs\n- Getting dragged down by their gear\n\n**Drowning**\n\n When you *plunge beneath the water*, hold Breath equal to 1 + your CON. If you first took a deep breath, hold 2 extra Breath.\n\nWhen you *make a move while under the Blackwater*, and that move involves a roll, choose 1 of the following after the move is resolved:\n\n- Spend 1 Breath\n- Mark a debility\n- Lose yourself in the Blackwater\n\nWhen you *lose yourself in the Blackwater*, time seems to stop and you find yourself adrift in a watery, hungry void. Roll +WIS: **on a 7+**, you snap back to reality, somehow holding 2 Breath. But also, **on a 10+**, choose 1; on a 7-9, choose 2:\n\n- Gain a mark [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]] of Daagon; you are now *corrupted*\n- Name something you possess that you love or treasure; it's gone\n- Choose something about yourself that you value (a move, your instinct, something about your appearance); lose it\n\n**On a 6-**, either embrace Daagon as your master (gain the Thrall insert), or else make one last move before you are swallowed by the **Mouth of Daagon** (next page).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--call-of-daagon", "title": "Call of Daagon", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hazards" ], "body": "**[[46 - The Things Below#**For We Are Many**|Daagon]]** still sings its silent song. It calls out to the weak-willed, and to those who nurse jealousy or greed in their souls. It whispers to them from afar, and compels them towards Blackwater Lake. It urges the weak-willed to enter the water and be devoured. To the jealous and the greedy, it offers power, wealth, or immortality. For a price, of course.\n\n**Mouth of Daagon**\n\n At the bottom of the lake, hundreds of feet down, is a Mouth of Daagon. Anything dropped into the deep water will make its way there in time. Valuables left on the shore or cast into the shallows will likely be found by the **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#**Servants of Daagon**|servants]]** and delivered to the Mouth on your behalf. Dangerous artifacts left for the servants might be delivered and consumed, or not.\n\nWhen *the Mouth swallows something*, Daagon consumes it utterly. When *the Mouth swallows someone*, they are gone, body and soul.\n\nWhen you *feed the Mouth with something or someone beloved* (by anyone, not just you), Daagon rewards you.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d6-reward", "title": "1d6 reward", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hazards" ], "body": "- 1 A physical change (scales, rubbery flesh, gills, a tentacle, etc.) and perhaps a gift [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]] to go with it\n- 2 An item of luxury or status (Value 2)\n- 3 A precious item (Value 3)\n- 4 A \"priceless\" item (Value 4)\n- 5 A way to best your rivals or defeat your enemies\n- 6 A way to acquire great power or long life\n\nWhatever the reward, it arrives soon: while you sleep, in your dreams, or via vision or coincidence or happy accident.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hazards" ], "body": "- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Shade**|Pypeds]]** or unbound **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|wraiths]]**, desperate and ever-hungry, drawn here by Daagon's call\n- A **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Deathless ones**|deathless one]]**, dwelling in or bound to a nearby barrow\n- Cultists,sorcerers, or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|thralls]]**, bearing many gifts and many marks [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]\n- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**, ready to assume the worst about the PCs\n- Stone Lord **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Construct**|constructs]]** in long-buried ruins, probably damaged, behaving erratically, and/or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|corrupted]]**\n- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|Hdours]]**, **adventurers** or **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Dangers**|antiquarians]]**, answering Daagon's call\n- Any number of **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted beings]]** or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanations]]**), such as the **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|Hand of Daagon]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--servants-of-daagon", "title": "Servants of Daagon", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hazards" ], "body": "*Terrifying*, *violent*, *wretched*, either *corrupted* or *emanation*, see below\n\n**HP** variable; **Armor** variable\n\n**Damage** see below\n\n**Special qualities** amphibious (or close enough)\n\n**Instinct** to devour, then to steal\n\n- ä Emerge from deep water or thick fog\n- ä Snatch up something valued/treasured\n- ä See below\n\nHorrid things, wet and wriggling. Maybe they're **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanations]]** of Daagon, or mortal beings so thoroughly corrupted as to seem utterly alien to this world. They crawl forth. They feast on flesh and bone. They drag home wealth and beauty and treasured things to feed their master's hunger.\n\nChoose or roll for their number appearing and their size. Then pick or roll for 1d4 traits and 1d4 additional moves. Think about things that live in the water. Imagine the creatures implied by the results.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d12-number-appearing", "title": "1d12 number appearing", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hazards" ], "body": "- 1-3 Many, at least half a dozen (*horde*; HP 3; Damage d6)\n- 4-9 A few, like 2-5 (*group*; HP 6; Damage d8)\n- 10-12 Just one (*solitary*; HP 12; damage d10)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d12-size", "title": "1d12 size", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hazards" ], "body": "- 1-3 Child-sized (*small*; reduce damage die one size, *hand*)\n- 4-9 Person-sized, wolf-sized, boarsized, etc. (*close*)\n- 10-12 Horse-sized (*large*; +4 HP, +2 damage, *close*, *reach*)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "06-blackwater-lake--1d12-trait", "title": "1d12 trait", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hazards" ], "body": "- 1-2 Cowardly, hesitant (*craven*)\n- 3-4 Overwhelmed by hunger (*ravenous*; instinct is just \"to devour\")\n- 5 Surprisingly intelligent (*cunning*)\n- 6 Aggressive (*fierce*; +2 HP, rolls damage with advantage)\n- 7 Blubbery/scaly hide (2 armor)\n- 8 Powerful (*forceful*; +2 damage)\n- 9 Big claws/fangs (*messy*; 1 piercing)\n- 10 *Stealthy* and *cautious*\n- 11 Tentacles/pincers/etc. (*reach*, *grabby*) **1d12** additional move 3-4 ^äSmother/constrict/engulf prey 5-6 ^äMesmerize the weak-willed 7-8 ^äHeal at a prodigious rate 9-10 ^äDissolve organic material 11-12 ^äParalyze with venom/poison\n\n12 Projectiles (*near*)\n\n- 1-2 ^äWriggle free of danger/restraint", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin", "title": "Crinwin", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "They've always been there, in the Wood, lurking in the trees. For generations, the Forest Folk hunted them and kept their numbers in check. No longer.\n\n- Out-of-place noises: partial bird calls, off-season insect buzz, a bear's growl from the treetops, snippets of nonsense speech\n- Figures scurrying, leaping, swinging through the branches\n- Sinewy strong fingers around your throat\n- Clammy, blackish blood; too cold and putrid to be natural\n\n**Tip:** pick a sound or word that the PCs have made, and repeat it over and over at different volumes and tones.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Crinwin" ], "body": "- What odd noise, heard in the night, is attributed to the crinwin? What is it said to mean?\n- What common thing do these vermin seem to covet above all else?\n- When did crinwin last openly raid the village? What did they take?\n- What's the surest sign of crinwin having been nearby?\n- Who among you hates those things, more than anyone else does? Why?\n- What makes you think they might be more than simple beasts, despite what everyone else says?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 2, "path": [ "Crinwin" ], "body": "**Something interesting:** There's something that everyone agrees will keep crinwin at bay (a smell, a charm, a sound, a little ritual, etc.). What is it, and why are you sure that it's next to worthless?\n\n**Something useful:** There really is something that keeps crinwin at bay, but it involves something uncommon, impractical, or both. What is it, and why isn't it common knowledge (or at least commonly accepted)?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Crinwin" ], "body": "- The crinwin have dug something up, something evil and powerful, and it's… changing them.\n- A hunter stumbles on a colony of nests, 5 or 6 in one place.\n- Crinwin numbers near Stonetop are steadily growing. Is something leading them? Compelling them? Or scaring them closer to the village?\n- Crinwin start boldly raiding homes at night. They soon steal something precious (an heirloom, an arcana, an infant).\n- A trapper's child has secretly befriended a crinwin, meeting it in secret, playing and trading gifts.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--origins", "title": "Origins", "level": 2, "path": [ "Crinwin" ], "body": "What are they, and where did they come from? That's for you and your group to decide, but possibilities include:\n\n- They were made by the **[[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Fomoraij]]**, as warriors to fight the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**.\n- They were a failed experiment of the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]**, escaped into the wild when the Fae rebelled.\n- They were once **[[17 - Forest Folk#Names|Forest Folk]]**, who were cursed or corrupted by some witch or sorcerer.\n- They came through the cracked portal of **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**, from some distant place (or even another world).\n- They crawled out of some lake, vile spawn of the**[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--nests", "title": "Nests", "level": 2, "path": [ "Crinwin" ], "body": "Big papery structures, like giant wasp nests, high up in the boughs of trees. The bigger the trees, the better. The mightiest trees might have two or three nests in them.\n\nA small, light person who dares the climb could squeeze inside. It's pitch black inside, with platforms and walls of hexagonal paper cells. Cramped chambers are connected by vertical shafts. The outer walls are surprisingly damp and resistant to fire, but the insides will go right up if exposed to open flame.\n\nAround a dozen full-grown crinwin live in each nest. They store food (rotten, decaying) in the hexagonal cells, and maintain tableaux showcasing **flawed trappings of civilization** (next page).\n\nThe largest chamber in each nest is a nursery: warm, moist, and carved out of the living wood. Hexagonal tubes line the chamber, each stuffed with goo and larval crinwin. Pupae squirm about the chamber, feeding on goo and even each other. The nurseries are tended by an old, fat crinwin or—in the oldest, largest nests a **[[07 - Crinwin#Broodfather|broodfather]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "Crinwin" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--flawed-trappings-of-civilization", "title": "Flawed trappings of civilization", "level": 3, "path": [ "Crinwin", "Discoveries" ], "body": "They imitate whatever people(s) they observe, but always get it wrong.\n\n- A line of stones, stacked two or three high, surrounding the tree(s) that hold the nest(s).\n- Crudely tilled \"fields,\" planted with nonsense: bits of bone or teeth, pot shards or broken tools, dead wasps, shiny stones, etc.\n- A deer carcass, tethered to a nearby tree with a vine around its neck\n- A hole, dug like a well, but far too shallow\n- A chamber in the nest, filled with old cups, potsherds, scraps of cloth\n- \"Children\" made of sticks and papery mass, clothed in filthy stolen fabric, tucked safely away in a nest or carried about\n- Graves or cairns, empty yet revered or else housing still-living, sickly crinwin\n- A crude shrine to… something?\n- A mundane item or random **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|artifact]]**, misused or cast aside.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--something-long-thought-lost", "title": "Something long thought lost", "level": 2, "path": [ "Crinwin" ], "body": "- Something shiny, a family heirloom perhaps, gone missing in the crinwin's last raid\n- A keepsake, given by a loved one, but lost in the Wood years ago\n- Something owned by a hunter or trapper who never came home", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--strange-growths", "title": "Strange growths", "level": 3, "path": [ "Crinwin", "Something long thought lost" ], "body": "Enormous pustules, found on some of the crinwin that are a little larger, less agile, and less aggressive. Pop them and they ooze goo, maybe with a small, pale grub, squirming and hissing pitifully as it dies in the open air.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--outcast", "title": "Outcast", "level": 4, "path": [ "Crinwin", "Something long thought lost", "Strange growths" ], "body": "An albino crinwin, more curious than hostile towards outsiders, living apart from the others in a landbound nest of stone and paper. Watching the PCs intently, or trying to perform a craft in some painfully wrong way, or getting harassed or beaten by its peers.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--prisoner", "title": "Prisoner", "level": 4, "path": [ "Crinwin", "Something long thought lost", "Strange growths" ], "body": "A crinwin (beaten, cut, bruised), either being dragged into the area right now by others, or already lashed on a high-up tree branch for who-knows-how-long.\n\n How can you tell, just by looking at it, that this one comes from different stock than the ones who live here?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--midden-heaps", "title": "Midden heaps", "level": 4, "path": [ "Crinwin", "Something long thought lost", "Strange growths" ], "body": "A short ways off from the nest.\n\n- Signs of crinwin biology (remains of what they eat/won't eat, or excrement, or the utter lack thereof )\n- Cast-off possessions, giving hints to what they value and what they don't\n- Evidence of contact with the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Names|Forest Folk]]**, over a decade old and buried deep", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Crinwin" ], "body": "*Horde*, *small*, *hoarder*, *cautious*, *stealthy*\n\n**HP** 3; **Armor** 1 (reflexes)\n\n**Damage** claws, rocks, choking d6 (*hand*) **Special quality** climbs and jumps like\n\na squirrel", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--instinct-to-covet", "title": "Instinct to covet", "level": 2, "path": [ "Crinwin" ], "body": "- ä Mimic noises, words, cries for help\n- ä Hide or vanish into the trees\n- ä Snatch something and dart away", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--broodfather", "title": "Broodfather", "level": 4, "path": [ "Crinwin", "Instinct to covet" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *stealthy*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 12; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** spindly choking fingers d8 (*close*), maw full of teeth d10+2 (*hand*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** blind, tremorsense **Instinct** to feed the younglings\n\n- ä Unfurl from its hiding place in shocking glory\n- ä Lash out with a choking tongue (d6+2, *reach*, *forceful*, *grabby*)\n- ä Drag a grabbed foe closer\n\n**Unstable nest** When you *roll +any stat while in a crinwin nest and the dice come up doubles*, pick 1 (in addition to the move's normal outcome):\n\n- You crash through the floor or wall, your limb(s) dangling or stuck\n- The nest lurches and twists, teetering\n- Wasps living in the nest begin to swarm", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "07-crinwin--wasps", "title": "Wasps", "level": 4, "path": [ "Crinwin", "Instinct to covet" ], "body": "Wasps often colonize crinwin nests, living symbiotically among them. Such nests thrum and buzz ominously.\n\nWhen you *are stung by a single wasp*, it hurts like the dickens and takes some effort not to cry out.\n\nWhen *the wasps swarm around you*, take 1d4 damage (ignores armor) and you're wracked with pain. Doing anything other than curling up and writhing means that you're Defying Danger (likely with CON). Each subsequent time you take damage from the swarm, increase the die one step (max d10).\n\nWhen you *flee a wasp swarm*, roll +CON: **on a 7+**, you escape the swarm but pick 1 (on a 10+) or 2 (on a 7-9):\n\n- Suffer damage from the swarm\n- Mark a debility from the venom\n- Run straight into another danger", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "08-the-crombil", "title": "The Crombil", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "A great scaly wurm, hundreds of feet long. It sleeps somewhere beneath the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**, waking every few decades to chew and burn a swath of destruction.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "08-the-crombil--what-is-it-exactly", "title": "What is it, exactly?", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Crombil" ], "body": "That's for you to decide. Maybe…\n\n- … it's a primordial **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|titan]]**, a remnant of the first age;\n- … the **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]** made it, as a weapon, or just because they could;\n- … it's the first and oldest **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Draventao**|draventao]]**, a mighty Forge Lord who succumbed to the fire within;\n- … it's a manifestation of the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**, all gluttony and fire and nightmare; or\n- … it's just a big, dumb beast.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "08-the-crombil--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Crombil" ], "body": "- The PCs wish to destroy some fell, in destructible artifact, and learn that feeding it to the Crombil might work.\n- The Crombil will soon wake, and an important site—like a ruin of the Green Lords or a **[[37 - Red Groves#Red Groves|Red Grove]]**—lies in its path. The PCs must act soon to explore or preserve the site before it's destroyed.\n- It's been almost fifty years since the Crombil woke, and its last rampage ended maybe a day or two from Stonetop. Elders remember the smoke and the sounds of destruction, but few ever knew the cause. But now the Crombil stirs, and this time it might head towards Stonetop.\n- The Crombil's periodic rampages have been drawing it towards **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**. This next time, it will plow into the ruined city and release any number of terrors from stasis and imprisonment, perhaps even the **[[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Fomoraij]]** themselves. Perhaps this was their plan all along.\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|Cultists]]** of the Things Below seek to turn the Crombil into a", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "08-the-crombil--signs-portents", "title": "Signs & portents", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Crombil" ], "body": "- Tremors and earthquakes, of increasing frequency and intensity\n- Dreams of shifting earth, hunger, fire, and doom\n- A small hill, covered in trees and brush but strangely warm and venting smoke\n- Beasts and spirits giving wider and wider berth to the Crombil's lair\n- Strangers arrive in town and talk of \"the Awakening\"\n- Dreamers wake from troubling dreams, \"the Crombil\" on their lips\n- Some suggest offering sacrifice to appease the Crombil, others feel com pelled to go and worship as it wakes\n- Vast flocks of birds fleeing to the west\n- A terrible grinding and cracking of earth and trees; a pillar of smoke; a deep and bellowing cry", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "08-the-crombil--the-crombil-awakened", "title": "The Crombil, Awakened", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Crombil" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *huge*, *terrifying*, *fearless*, *fireproof* **HP** 26; **Armor** 3 (scales, boney ridges)\n\n**Damage** jaws like a cave d12+7 (*reach*, *forceful*, *messy*, 3 piercing), thrashing coils d12+5 (*close*, *area*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** fiery heat, stomach like a furnace, too big to hurt with most weapons", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "08-the-crombil--instinct-to-devour", "title": "Instinct to devour", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Crombil" ], "body": "- ä Chomp right through anything\n- ä Swallow up someone whole\n- ä Upend the terrain around it\n- ä Belch cinders, start fires\n\nWhen someone's been swallowed by the Crombil, start using these moves against them:\n\n- ä Batter them with debris, cinders (d6 damage)\n- ä Make them fight for any sort of purchase or bearings\n- ä Shove them further towards its furnace-like stomach\n- ä Blister skin, burn lungs, singe hair", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother", "title": "Danu, the Earth Mother", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Danu-the Great Mother, the Goddess, She-Who-Provides-is one of the four main gods [[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|Gods and religion]] of Stonetop. She is the deity of the earth and the wild places, of beasts and birds, of green growing things. She has long been revered by all peoples, though not always worshipped, nor served by priests.\n\nIf one of your initial PCs has the Blessed playbook, then they will answer many of the questions in this section via their presence, their background, and the decisions they make during character creation and introductions. Defer to that PC as the expert on Danu in your game, but don't forget to ask other PCs for their opinions and experiences, too.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--themes", "title": "Themes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "Pick, or roll 1d12.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "- 1-2 The earth itself/soil/stone\n- 3-4 Beasts of the land/birds of the air\n- 5-6 Growing things (plants, fungus, agriculture, etc.)\n- 7 Spirits of the wild [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirits of the wild]]\n- 8 Wild, untamed places\n- 9 Fertility/reproduction/(re)birth\n- 10 Secrets/mysteries/bindings\n- 11 The natural order/seasons/cycles\n- 12 Healing/purging/protection", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "According to the tales:\n\n- How did Danu come to be (a god)? What's her origin story?\n- Which god is her child/lover/rival/ally?\n- Why are white elder trees traditionally associated with Danu?\n- What feature of the landscape is said to have been shaped by her hand?\n- How exactly are the brennauwed [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#The Brennauwed|The Brennauwed]] said to be related to Danu?\n- What humble beast or bird does she hold to be most sacred?\n- How did the Forest Folk 's [[17 - Forest Folk|Forest Folk]] view of her differ most strikingly from Stonetop's?\n\nUse the answers to help decide what Danu's true nature is [[20 - Gods and Religion#**1d12** observance|Gods and Religion]].", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "- An offering to Danu goes missing, just before an important rite.\n- Stunted crops/sickly livestock/earthquakes/etc. point to Danu's displeasure.\n- One of Danu's blessed is accused of sorcery and blamed for bad luck/illness.\n- The priest(s)/initiate(s) of Danu oppose some project the PCs wish to undertake.\n- A natural site has been corrupted by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|The Things Below]]; Danu sends a warning via dreams.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--holy-places", "title": "Holy places", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "Danu has a shrine in Stonetop's pavilion of the gods. Outside of Stonetop, consider whether any given community maintains a holy place to Danu.\n\nFor any given holy place:\n\n- What is it? A shrine, a temple, a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Sacred sites|sacred site]]**, or what?\n- Where is it? In the center of town, on the outskirts, in the nearby wilds, etc.?\n- How is Danu represented, if at all?\n- What symbols/trappings adorn it?\n- Which of her **themes** (previous page) are emphasized?\n- Who, if anyone, maintains it?\n- What is this holy place like? It might be… (pick 1)\n - … loved, well-used, dripping with offerings and petitions;\n - … little more than a token of respect, her true holy places being elsewhere;\n - … given wide berth, approached only with care and propitiation;\n - … neglected and all but forgotten, except by a few;\n - … some variation on the above; or\n - … something else entirely.\n\nLikewise, ask or consider what offerings are typically left there. These might include… (pick up to 3)\n\n- blood and/or burnt flesh\n- figurines and/or effigies\n- fruits of the harvest\n- incense and sage bark\n- pure rain water\n- metal nails and/or tools\n- salt and crystals\n- whisky or other alcohol\n\nThink about what the answers say about how this community sees Danu, and why? Do they see her as a nurturing mother? As an inscrutable natural force? As a hungry mother-of-monsters, a deity to appease and avoid? Or what?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--danu", "title": "Danu", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--her-blessed", "title": "Her blessed", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "In any given community, there are those who learn some of Danu's secrets, who bear some of her gifts, who make offerings to her and perform her most important rites. For any given community, these folk might be…\n\n- … initiates of a formal order/cult/priesthood;\n- … the practitioner(s) of a particular trade (the midwife, herbalists, hunters, etc.);\n- … a respected elder, and their apprentice(s);\n- … an outsider, set apart from the community;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … someone else entirely.\n\nWhoever they are, ask or consider:\n\n- Who are they? What are they like?\n- Where do they live? What sets them apart?\n- How much influence do they have?\n- What about them puts others ill at ease?\n- What contact (if any) do they have with their peers in other communities?\n- What rites do they lead/perform, both publicly and in secret?\n- What special gifts/skills do they possess?\n\nIf one of your PCs has the Blessed playbook, they almost certainly fill this role for Stonetop (though there may be others who do so, too).\n\nShould a blessed NPC (or group of NPCs) oppose or cause trouble for the PCs, write them up as a threat (likely an *institution* or maybe a *wildcard*).\n\nRemember: NPCs don't have playbooks. A blessed NPC might have tags or moves reminiscent of a PC Blessed, or not. See the Hillfolk **[[26 - Hillfolk#Upland horse|spirit-talker]]** and the Initiates of Danu insert for examples.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "- A few menhirs atop a high place, with carvings that map the movements of certain auspicious stars (*immobile*)\n- Dried, hallucinogenic mushrooms (2d4 uses, Value 1)\n- A pouch of bendis root (~10 uses, burnt fumes repel perversions of nature; each use lasts ~1 hour, *reach*, *area*, Value 1)\n- A bezoar (swallow to cure any poison, Value 1)\n- A pouch of pink salt, good for cooking/preserving and bane to *corrupted* creatures (Value 1)\n- A sacred pouch of rune-stitched drakeskin; when sealed, nothing within can be detected or found by magic, nor can anything within escape or affect the outside world (*magical*, Value 2)\n- A silver-alloy dagger, useful against undead spirits (*hand*, Value 2)\n- A 6-foot tall statue of Danu, carved from a geode, the torso open and filled with amethyst crystals (*immobile*, Value 3)\n- A scroll (*fragile*, Value 4 to the right buyer) with cryptic instructions on how to create a **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Redwood Effigy|Redwood Effigy]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother", "Various treasures" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A folktale|A folktale]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Goldleaf Cloak|A giant oak leaf]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A crumbling arch|A crumbling arch]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A path in the woods|A path in the woods]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A patch of rainbow moss|A patch of rainbow moss]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A beaded satchel|A beaded satchel]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother", "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "The following might be associated with Danu, or at least revered by her followers:\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Twisted Spear , reach, magical|Twisted Spear]]**\n- The **Shield of the Wisent Witc**h [[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Shield of the Wisent Witch|Shield of the Wisent Witch]]\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Redwood Effigy|Redwood Effigy]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--perversions-of-nature", "title": "Perversions of nature", "level": 2, "path": [ "Danu, the Earth Mother" ], "body": "The Danu's Grasp move from the Blessed playbook affects \"perversions of nature,\" as does the Ranger's move, Warden of the Wild. This includes the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**) and anything corrupted by them or infused with their power. Undead probably count, too, as well as some of the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords']]** more extreme creations.\n\nAsk the Blessed or Ranger what they'd consider a perversion of nature. Consider what you know about the entity in question, and make a ruling. When in doubt, defer to the Die of Fate or the result of an appropriate move.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother-2", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--associated-entities", "title": "Associated entities", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- Any sort of natural beast or **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**, who acknowledge Danu's authority\n- The **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#The Brennauwed|brennauwed]]** in particular, who claim kinship with her\n- Many of the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, who honor her as a respected elder\n- **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Exploring the Fen**|Fen-walkers]]**, who know better than to offend her\n- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|Hdour]]**, who know many of her secrets\n- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Upland horse|Spirit-talkers]]** and **[[42 - The Steplands#**Gouzadn**|gouzadn]]**, who hear her voice and bear her gifts\n- Perhaps the **[[35 - The Pale Hunter#The Pale Hunter|Pale Hunter]]**, the **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Mind your manners|Willow Witches]]**, the **[[20 - Gods and Religion#**Other gods**|other gods]]**, or the **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|great spirits]]**, any of whom might share a bond of kinship, familiarity, or common cause", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "09-danu-the-earth-mother--signs-of-her-displeasure", "title": "Signs of her displeasure", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- The **[[37 - Red Groves#**Hooks**|Forest's Wrath]]**\n- **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Dangers**|Disease]]**\n- Volcanic activity and **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#**Volcanic activity**|earthquakes]]**, and what they let loose\n- **Mudslides** or **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|rockslides]]**, out of the blue\n- Perhaps the stirring of the **[[08 - The Crombil#The Crombil|Crombil]]**, decades before its time\n- The ire of various natural beasts or **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**\n- Blighted crops/gardens, sickly livestock, scarce game (disadvantage to generate Surplus in summer and autumn)\n- Some manner of curse, upon an individual or a community (threat type *affliction*; **Instinct** to punish)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying", "title": "Death and the Undying", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the Undying" ], "body": "Everyone who lives, dies.\n\nWhen you succumb to injury or illness, or just reach the end of your allotted days, then the Last Door will swing open for you. You will see it. The Lady of Crows will beckon you through. And there on the other side, your soul will join those who have gone before: the honored ancestors, the countless multitudes of the quiet dead.\n\nAt least, that's how it's meant to go—the natural order of things. But not every soul passes through the Last Door when their time has come. Some linger, others are bound. Some are called back to this world.\n\nEveryone who lives, dies. But not everyone dies the same.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--themes", "title": "Themes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the Undying" ], "body": "Choose or roll 1, or 2 and combine.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the Undying" ], "body": "- 1 Death personified: the Lady of Crows, the **[[35 - The Pale Hunter#The Pale Hunter|Pale Hunter]]**, other gods/spirits of death\n- 2 The Last Door/brushes with death/ the afterlife/things from beyond\n- 3 Graves/funeral rites/grief/mourning\n- 4 Death foretold: prophecies, omens, visions, harbingers\n- 5 Good death: peaceful, dignified, bravely met, an end of suffering", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-2", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 6 Ignoble death: traumatic, desperate, torturous, terrifying\n- 7 Untimely death: sudden, surprising, things left unsaid or undone\n- 8 Violent death: murder, assassination, execution, battle, suicide\n- 9 Mass death: famine, plague, war, cataclysm, collapse\n- 10 The fear of death: denial, bargaining, panic, cheating\n- 11 The curse of undeath: respite denied, eternal hunger/pain/ loneliness/regret\n- 12 Necromancy and death-magic, likely with aid from the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "- An abandoned house, out near the **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#**The village of Stonetop**|Old Wall]]**, is said to be haunted.\n- A shade gets called up at the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Crossroads]]** and refuses to go back.\n- A haunted grove near the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|West Road]]** is said to hide buried\n- A **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|necromancer]]** comes to town, offering a chance to speak with", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 3, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "Hooks" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--everyone-knows", "title": "Everyone knows:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "Hooks", "Lore" ], "body": "- About the Lady of Crows, the Last Door, and what is said to lie beyond\n- A ghost story or two\n- That **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Dool trees|dool trees]]** are creepy and often haunted\n- That most undead come out only at night", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--one-might-know", "title": "One might know:", "level": 3, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "Hooks" ], "body": "- That undead can't cross an unbroken circle of salt (a pouch full, Value 1)\n- That a handful of salt will burn most ghosts (1d8 damage, *hand*, *close*)\n- That ghosts are bound to a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Tethers|tether]]**, and what that entails\n- That silver can harm most undead\n- The tale of a prominent haunted site\n- What a given entity is capable of\n- What necromancers are capable of", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--very-few-know", "title": "Very few know:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "Hooks", "One might know:" ], "body": "- The details of an obscure haunting\n- The true nature of the Lady of Crows, the Last Door, the afterlife\n- How necromancy works, exactly", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "- Have you seen the Last Door and the Lady of Crows? What do you recall?\n- What do folks in Stonetop say awaits us, beyond the Last Door? What do they say in/among the \\_\\_?\n- What do you think awaits us? Why?\n- Who among the dead do you miss most?\n- What ghost story scared you the most as a child?\n- When did you first see someone die?\n- Who was the first person you murdered?\n\n**Death and the undying**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-s-door", "title": "Death's Door", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "When the PCs are dying and they make the **[[07 - Harm and Healing#**Death and dying**|Death's Door]]** move (*Book I*), they see the Last Door and the Lady of Crows. The move prompts them to describe it, but feel free to ask questions.\n\n- What does the Door look like? Big and grand, small and humble, or what?\n- Is it flung open, or just ajar?\n- What appears to lie beyond?\n- Where does the Lady stand? What does she wear? What adorns her brow?\n- What is she like? Imperious? Friendly? Sad? Smug? Inscrutable? Or what?\n- Does she speak? What is her voice like? What does she say?\n- What detail catches your attention, that you'd never have expected?\n- How much of this will you remember?\n\nAs for the afterlife—the land beyond the Last Door—its true nature is a mystery. But it is home to **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|dool spirits]]**, **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|gwyllgi]]**, and the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|shades]]** of the dead. Some of those shades, when called, are eager to stay in the land of the living. So for some, it would seem, the afterlife is not a pleasant place at all.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying-2", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--haunted-sites", "title": "Haunted sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "These are places where the undead linger, or where the Last Door stands ajar. If the site itself has yet to be established, combine the terrain in which it's located with a feature.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-feature", "title": "1d12 feature", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "- 1-3 A creepy (un)natural landmark (a dool tree, a skull-shaped rock, etc.)\n- 4-5 A liminal place (a pass, a bridge, a tunnel, a gate, a crossroad, etc.)\n- 6-8 A tomb/barrow/cemetery, left by the locals or their ancestors\n- 9-10 An abandoned home/fort/steading\n- 11-12 A ruin of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]** or the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**, or a lingering sign of their presence\n\nOnce the site's physical nature is established, pick or roll a theme [[10 - Death and the Undying#**1d12** feature|Death and the Undying]], how long it's been haunted, and the origins of the haunting.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-how-long", "title": "1d12 how long", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "- 1 Since the days of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**), at least\n- 2-3 Since the **[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]**, when the Makers fell\n- 4-5 Since the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**, after the Makers' fall\n- 6-7 For generations, longer than the living remember\n- 8-9 For decades, within living memory\n- 10-11 For the past decade at most\n- 12 Not long at all, a recent change\n\n*[[47 - Three Coven Lake#Three Coven Lake|The PCs are exploring Three Coven Lake]]**[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|. They've found an ancient Stone Lord]]* *workshop carved into a bluff above the lake. I think it's haunted! The nature of the site is established, so I don't roll for a feature. I roll a 6 for theme (\"ignoble death\"), a 6 for how long (\"for generations\"), and a 4 for origins (\"the death of a few, intimate and intense\"). Because deaths were involved, I roll another 5 for the cause of death (\"exposure/cold/thirst/starvation\"). I ponder a bit, and come up with this:*\n\n*A century ago, some adventurers explored these chambers. A great slab of stone fell into place, trapping them in a side chamber. A grate in the ceiling (far out of reach) provided enough fresh air and rainwater to sustain them for several grueling weeks, but one of them murdered and ate his fellows before slowly wasting away.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying-3", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-origins", "title": "1d12 origins", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "- 1-2 The death of many, all at once\n- 3 The death of many, over time\n- 4 The death of a few, intimate and intense\n- 5-6 The death of one, a singular event\n- 7 The desecration/violation of a grave\n- 8 The arrival of an artifact or tether\n- 9 Something about the place itself, attracting/ensnaring dark entities\n- 10 A ritual, magic, or artifice: failed or run amok\n- 11 A ritual, magic, or artifice: working as intended\n- 12 The loss or failure of an artifact/ ward/binding that kept the dead in check\n\nIf the origins involved a death or deaths, pick or roll for the cause of death.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-cause-of-death", "title": "1d12 cause of death", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "- 1 Old age/infirmity/malady/disease\n- 2-3 Suicide/despair/apathy/upset\n- 4-5 Exposure/cold/thirst/starvation\n- 6-7 Injury/trauma/wounds/poison\n- 8-9 Burning/drowning/suffocation\n- 10 Falling/accident/weather/disaster\n- 11 Exertion/exhaustion/shock/fright\n- 12 Magic/an entity/a curse\n\nFrom there, choose the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]**, **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]**, or other **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|dangers]]** that haunt the place, and their **tether**(s) [[10 - Death and the Undying#Tethers|Tethers]] if appropriate. Populate it with **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Dool trees**|artifacts]]** tied to death and the undying, and dangers or discoveries appropriate to the surrounding area and/or whoever dwelt here in the past.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--dool-trees", "title": "Dool trees", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "Dool trees often grow in or near haunted sites. A grove stands near the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Crossroads]]**, and lone dool trees are often found near **Barrow Builder** tombs [[05 - Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]. They are thick and knobby and multi-stemmed. The bark is papery, the color of bleached bone. The **[[35 - The Pale Hunter#The Pale Hunter|Pale Hunter]]** shuns them, and they are often home to **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|dool spirits]]** if nothing else.\n\nThe leaves of a dool tree are deep purple, almost black, shot through with pale white veins. Dried leaves can be steeped to make a bitter tea, which brings on a death-like sleep from which some folk never wake.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying-4", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-3", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--a-blackened-splinter", "title": "A blackened splinter", "level": 4, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "*crude*, *magical*, *fireproof* Undead who see it are drawn to it, or else deeply agitated by its presence. When you *touch the splinter to an undead entity,* they see the Last Door yawning open before them. Roll 4d6. If the total is greater than the entity's current HP, they are drawn through the Last Door and leave this world for good. Otherwise, they are transfixed for a few moments before the Door slams shut. Regardless, the splinter vanishes.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--a-spindle-of-fine-thread-magical", "title": "A spindle of fine thread magical", "level": 4, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "A length of fiber, maybe 50 feet long, spun by a ghost from all the hair that ever fell from her daughters' heads. The thread is light, and fine, and almost unbreakably strong, but it can be handled only by one who has seen the Last Door. Only the edge of a silver blade can cut it. It can be used to bind a ghost fast, if you're clever and can handle the thread yourself.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--a-pale-wooden-sword", "title": "A pale wooden sword", "level": 3, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": ", *close*, *crude*, *magical*\n\nCarved from a dool tree with a silver knife, and polished with oils infused with moonlight. The grip is worn smooth but the \"blade\" is chipped and notched, unlikely to stand up to iron or bronze.\n\nWhen you *wield the sword against a manifest undead spirit*, you can hurt it (deal damage normally). If you reduce it to 0 HP, the manifest form dissipates but the spirit can reform at its tether normally.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--a-tattered-standard", "title": "A tattered standard", "level": 4, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "A pale wooden sword" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nThreadbare, ancient, but remarkably well-preserved. Embroidered with a stylized aurochs whose horns encompass the sun. It fills you with hope and pride to look upon it, as well it should. For this was the standard of the Heol-Tarv, a heroic band who gave their lives in hopeless battle against the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Anan Gllo]]**, securing their people's escape.\n\nWhen you *unfurl the tattered standard and hold it aloft for all to see*, you and your allies are immune to supernatural fear and unshaken by undead or otherwise unnatural foes.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "A pale wooden sword" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Shell Game of Souls Souls (max CON):|Carvings in a cave]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A grim peat mound|A grim peat mound]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A tattered mantle|A tattered mantle]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A scroll & a bone flute|A scroll & bone flute]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A chain of rusty locks|A chain of rusty locks]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A vein of milky crystal|A vein of milky crystal]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "The following are associated with death and the undying:\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Demonhide Cloak|Demonhide Cloak]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Hec'tumel Codex|Hec'tumel Codex]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Blackwood Fetishes|Blackwood Fetishes]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Twisted Spear , reach, magical|Twisted Spear]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-4", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--ghosts", "title": "Ghosts", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "Ghosts are the souls of the dead, those who linger in this world. They vary wildly in personality, motives, and capabilities, but all have the *undead* and *spirit* tags, and a move that reflects them manifesting a presence in the world. They are animated by more than biology (+4 HP) and lack vital organs (+3 HP, +1 armor).\n\nConsider the context in which they are encountered. If not already established, pick or roll for their cause of death [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Revenants**|Death and the Undying]]. Then pick or roll for what they need to move on, their manifestation, and 1-6 abilities and/or weaknesses. Establish their **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Tethers|tether]]**. Let all these elements inform their story and their stat block.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-what-they-need", "title": "1d12 what they need", "level": 3, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "Ghosts" ], "body": "- 1-2 Kindness/patience/persuasion, a guide to the Last Door 3-4 Justice (or vengeance) served\n- 5-6 A proper burial\n- 7 A reunion with a loved one\n- 8 The truth, unearthed/acknowledged\n- 9 A task completed; an oath fulfilled\n- 10-11 Their tether, destroyed or unmade\n- 12 To be put down, like a rabid dog", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-manifestation", "title": "1d12 manifestation", "level": 3, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "Ghosts" ], "body": "- 1 Just a whisper/wind/mote of light\\*\n- 2-3 A form of shadow/cold/mist/etc\\*\n- 4-6 A spectral form, ethereal and eerie, but much as they looked in life\\*\n- 7-9 A spectral form, horrible, clearly dead\\*\n- 10 A body made of soil/straw/rags/etc.\n- 11 A solid body, horrific and terrifying\n- 12 A solid body, seemingly alive but for a few telltale signs\n- \\* Harmed only by silver or salt, or some other thematically appropriate substances", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-ability", "title": "1d12 ability", "level": 3, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "Ghosts" ], "body": "- 1-2 Causes eerie, unnatural phenomena\n- 3 Feels (feeds on?) emotions/vitality/ sensations of the living\n- 4 Can possess certain hosts/vessels\n- 5 Unearthly moan/wail/shriek\n- 6 Inflicts its pain/feelings on others\n- 7-8 Telekinesis (roll 1d6 for scope)\n- 9 Nasty/vicious/ghostly attack\n- 10 Mind games/phantasms/ compulsions\n- 11-12 Can manifest in multiple forms", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-weakness", "title": "1d12 weakness", "level": 3, "path": [ "Death and the undying", "Ghosts" ], "body": "- 1 Afraid of some mundane thing\n- 2 Inarticulate, or unable to speak\n- 3 Obsessive/predictable behavior\n- 4 Easily frustrated/angered/enraged\n- 5 Can't form new memories\n- 6 Driven off by singing/prayer/etc.\n- 7-12 Shuns/powerless in daylight", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying-5", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--tethers", "title": "Tethers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "Ghosts are bound to an object or place. Pick or roll for the tether itself, and how tightly bound the ghost is.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-tether", "title": "1d12 tether", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "- 1-4 Their corpse/remains/bones/hair\n- 5-6 The place where they died\n- 7 (Part of ) their grave/pyre/altar/etc.\n- 8 The weapon that killed them\n- 9 An item they once cherished\n- 10 A prominent place from their life\n- 11-12 The focus/source of whatever magic binds them", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--1d12-how-tightly-bound", "title": "1d12 how tightly bound", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "- 1-2 Can't leave its immediate presence\n- 3-6 Must stay on the premises/site\n- 7-10 Can roam a few miles; returns daily\n- 11-12 Can wander far and wide, but must return periodically\n\nIf a ghost's manifest form is reduced to 0 HP, they dissipate and return to their tether. They usually won't manifest before the next sunset; if they do, their max HP are halved.\n\nIf a tether is destroyed, then the ghost might… (pick 1)\n\n- … fade away, utterly destroyed;\n- … pass through the Last Door (now, or after some final act);\n- … devolve into a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|wraith]]**;\n- … possess a corpse, as a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Shade**|pyped]]**; or\n- … cling to their current host/form, but fade utterly if it is destroyed.\n\nDecide based on the ghost's history, power, and relationship to their tether.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying-6", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--the-gwraig-wen", "title": "The Gwraig Wen", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *undead*, *forlorn* **HP** 19; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** bare hands d6 w/disadvantage (*hand*)\n\n**Special qualities** bound to within a few miles of her bones; can't form new memories; leaves no footprints\n\n**Instinct** to drag others into her search\n\n- ^ä Manifest in moonlight as a pale, bedraggled woman\n- ^ä Ask for help, insist on it\n- ^ä Grow ever more agitated, flickering and vibrating as she does\n- ^ä Vent her rage with a deafening wail, d10 damage (*near*, *area*, *loud*, *reload*, ignores armor)\n- ^ä Vanish when no one's looking\n\nThose who ply the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]** tell an old tale of a bride, newly married to a handsome trapper. He failed to come home one night, and she unwisely entered the forest to find him, falling into a deep pond and drowning. Ever since, her ghost has roamed the woods on moonlit nights: wet and shivering, desperate and pleading, certain that her husband is still out there.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--the-ghostly-legion", "title": "The Ghostly Legion", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "*Horde*, *spirit*, *undead*, *organized, terrifying*, *hoarder*, *violent*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** ghostly short sword or spear d6 w/advantage (*hand*, *close*)\n\n**Special qualities** roams far and wide, but tethered to the cave; shuns daylight; can only touch the world through violence; upsetting to/afraid of dogs\n\n**Instinct** to lift their curse\n\n- ^ä Manifest a spectral form (harmed only by silver, salt, or a loyal dog)\n- ^ä Ogle a mortal as they eat or drink\n- ^ä Threaten violence, carry through\n- ^ä Force a mortal to carry their treasure\n\nThey were a band of southern mercenaries, come north in search of treasure. They heard tell of a **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]** and his hoard, trapped him in his cave, and slew him. Then they divvied up the loot and left.\n\nOnly later did they learn why the Hillfolk fear to kill a hdour. For he had cursed them all. Cursed their souls to linger after death, doomed to endless hunger and endless thirst. Doomed to fear the sun, to be hounded like the dogs they were. Cursed, indeed, until every piece of the far-flung loot they stole is returned to the hdour's cave.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying-7", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *undead*, *stealthy*, *terrifying*, *cruel*\n\n**HP** 23; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** telekinesis d10+2 (*hand*, *close*, *near*, *grabby*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** bound to its tether; one or more weaknesses [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Death and the Undying]]\n\n**Instinct** to torment the living\n\n- ^ä Create eerie environmental effects (bleeding walls, green flames, etc.)\n- ^ä Manifest a form of flitting shadow (harmed only by silver or salt)\n- ^ä Manifest a nightmarish physical form\n- ^ä Speak through an unconscious or catatonic victim\n\nA specter is a soul consumed by hatred and envy, cruelty and rage. Maybe they were a sadistic murderer in life, or a victim whose death was so traumatic that they lash out at any living thing. Maybe they were a pining ghost whose loved ones rejected them, or a fettered soul long- and cruelly-bound, now set free. Regardless: they are now a thing of spite and vengeance, wanting only to punish those with the temerity to live.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--wraith", "title": "Wraith", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *undead*, *stealthy*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 19; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** life drain d10 (*hand*, ignores armor) **Special qualities** bound to its tether\n\n(usually), powerless in daylight **Instinct** to feast upon living souls\n\n- ^ä Manifest a form of shadow and cold (harmed only by silver and salt)\n- ^ä Hurl itself at the living\n- ^ä Suck vitality from its prey\n\nWraiths are cursed with endless hunger. They are damaged souls, wounded by dark magic, another wraith, or the dehumanizing effects of starvation or addiction. They are little more than beasts, driven by the emptiness within, with only the vaguest sense of who they once were.\n\nOther ghosts might become wraiths when their tethers are destroyed. If they linger in the world, they find themselves filled with gnawing need, and must sustain themselves on the living. These unbound wraiths are weaker, but often form packs with others of their kind (*group*, *vicious* instead of *stealthy*, 13 HP each, d8 damage, afraid of firelight).\n\nWhen *a wraith reduces you to 0 HP and you survive*, your soul is wounded. Reduce your max HP by 4. Until your soul is healed, your instinct becomes \"Hunger: to fill the emptiness inside you with excess,\" and should you roll a 6- on Death's Door, you die and become a wraith (a monster in the GM's control).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--other-ghosts", "title": "Other ghosts", "level": 2, "path": [ "Death and the undying" ], "body": "- A **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Smoke, fire, and heat**|cinderwraith]]**\n- **[[44 - The Stream#The Stream|The Quiet Twins]]**\n- **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Phantom rider**|Phantom riders]]**\n- **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Various entities**|Ferocedes Ogran]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-5", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-6", "title": "Revenants", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Revenants are the living dead, corpses animated by a soul, a demon, or foul magic. They vary wildly in personality, motives, and capabilities. They are *undead*, animated by more than biology (+4 HP).\n\nConsider the context in which a revenant is encountered. If not yet established, pick or roll for their cause of death [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Revenants**|Death and the Undying]]. Then pick or roll for what they were brought back by, their visage, and 1-6 abilities and/or weaknesses. Let all these elements inform their story and their stat block.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-7", "title": "1d12 brought back by", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-3 A thirst for vengeance 4 A longing that transcends death 5 Stubbornness/habit/will 6 Guilt, like heavy chains 7-8 An oath/vow, stronger than iron 9 A curse, well-deserved or not 10 Their own designs, some dark ritual/deal/preparation\n- 11-12 The will or working of another (and maybe roll 1d10 for why/how)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-8", "title": "1d12 visage", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Naught but bone, a grinning skull\n- 3-5 Tattered, rotting, horrible\n- 6-8 Dried out, gaunt, clearly dead; but can pass for living at a distance\n- 9-10 Seemingly alive, but clearly dead and horrible in sun/moonlight\n- 11-12 Seemingly alive, except for a few telltale signs", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-9", "title": "1d12 ability", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Uncanny speed/grace/prowess\n- 2 Unholy strength (*forceful*, +2 damage)\n- 3-4 Unnatural resilience (+4 HP, +4 armor except vs. silver or fire)\n- 5-6 Can regenerate/reform/rise again\n- 7 Limbs that can keep acting and reattach even if severed\n- 8 Minions (bugs, its own severed hand or floating eye, a crow, etc.)\n- 9 Mesmerizing/terrifying gaze\n- 10 Aura of cold/heat/smoke/rot/etc.\n- 11 Magic, related to how they died\n- 12 Shapeshifting (mist/beasts/etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-10", "title": "1d12 weakness", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Daylight (blinded/burned/fears it)\n- 2 Fire (fears it/takes +1d4 damage/etc.)\n- 3 Bound to a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Tethers|tether]]**\n- 4 Hungers for blood/flesh/life/fear/etc.\n- 5 Unmistakable odor/aura\n- 6 Compulsively counts/cleans/sorts/etc.\n- 7 Easily frustrated/confused/provoked\n- 8 Burned by salt/rain/moonlight/\\_\\_\n- 9 Repelled by a certain plant/animal/ symbol/etc.\n- 10 A taboo (can't show its face, can't cross running water, etc.)\n- 11 Can't abide singing/music/laughter\n- 12 Burns HP over time/to use its powers", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying-8", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 weakness" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--anan-gllo", "title": "Anan Gllo", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 weakness" ], "body": "*Horde*, *undead*, *corrupted*, *tireless*, *fearless*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 11; **Armor** 5 (resilience, armor), 1 vs. bronze or fire\n\n**Damage** weapon d6 (tags by weapon) or crushing grip d4 (*hand*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special qualities** weaken over time (see below)\n\n**Instinct** to follow orders\n\n- ^ä Advance implacably\n- ^ä Unnerve foes with their silence, their empty eyes\n- ^ä Fight on despite crippling injury\n\nThe **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** speak of dark times, when the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** gave a gift to a petty chief. Depending on who tells the tale, it was a patch of loose soil or a deep pool of water, the hollow of a dool tree or a great cauldron of rusted iron. Regardless: a corpse placed within this vessel would rise as one of the Anan Gllo, the Empty Dead. The chief raised an undead army, and set out to make themselves king.\n\n**Something interesting:** The chief 's power was broken when a hero entered the vessel while still alive, giving their life to destroy it. A number of Anan Gllo linger, though, inert and waiting.\n\n**Something useful:** An Anan Gllo regains all its HP when it either drinks fresh blood or re-enters the vessel; it cannot otherwise regain HP. And every dawn, an Anan Gllo loses 1 HP. At 0 HP, it becomes inert until its HP are restored.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--dialeddwr", "title": "Dialeddwr", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 weakness" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *undead*, *terrifying*, *implacable* **HP** 20; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. silver or fire\n\n**Damage** choking grip or powerful blows d8+2 w/advantage (*hand*, *grabby*, *forceful*) **Special qualities** cannot open doors, eat,", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--or-drink-instinct-to-avenge", "title": "or drink Instinct to avenge", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 weakness" ], "body": "- ^ä Pass for alive, except in sunlight\n- ^ä Unerringly track a target\n- ^ä Lock eyes with someone, show them the meaning of fear\n- ^ä Bask in moonlight to regenerate even terrible wounds\n\nSometimes, when a great wrong is done, when a good person is cruelly slain, when the killers go unpunished… well, sometimes they come back. Called back by a prayer or perhaps a spell. Or sent back by their fellow victims. Or guided back by one of the Lady's own crows. They dig themselves free of their graves, reborn and whole. And vengeance shall be theirs.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying-9", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 weakness" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--pyped", "title": "Pyped", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 weakness" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *undead*, *terrifying*, *craven* **HP** 16; **Armor** 1 (speed)\n\n**Damage** bone-snapping grip d8+2 (*hand*, *grabby*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** burned by silver (+1d4 damage); harmed by salt (1d8 damage, *hand*, *close*); foul stench; sustained by bone marrow\n\n**Instinct** to avoid the Last Door\n\n- ^ä Move with a surprising, jerky speed\n- ^ä Jumble up its memories with those of its host & those whose bones it's eaten\n- ^ä Possess a new corpse, if it can/must\n\nWhen an untethered **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghost]]** or a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|shade]]** possesses an empty corpse, it becomes a pyped. They are wretched things, all rotting flesh and lurching movements, hungering for sweet marrow, scavenging on carrion and graves. But hunger can make them bold. Bold enough to hunt the weak and sick at the edge of a village, or a lone traveler caught unawares.\n\nPypeds rise only from corpses that are relatively intact, and which have not undergone proper funeral rites. If a pyped is destroyed, the spirit within will seek a new, viable corpse. A shade must find one before the sun banishes it. An untethered ghost must find one before its memories fade and it becomes a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|wraith]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--ulliam-unlucky", "title": "Ulliam Unlucky", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 weakness" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *undead*, *stealthy*, *terrifying*, *loyal* **HP** 16; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** whatever's at hand d8 w/disadvantage (tags vary)\n\n**Special qualities** burned/blinded by daylight; chill aura\n\n**Instinct** to pine for his family\n\n- ^ä Keep out of sight, or try to\n- ^ä Get frustrated, agitated, angry\n- ^ä Lose his temper and drain heat from someone, d10 damage w/advantage (*hand*, *close*, *reach*, ignores armor)\n\nUlliam Unlucky dragged his family from **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]** up to **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**, in search of a better life. But things never did work out. Last time he went out prospecting, he got lost. Then the blizzard rolled in. And that's how Ulliam died.\n\nBut say what you will about Ulliam, he loved his wife and kids. Still does. Dragged his frozen self home to see 'em again. He knows they can't see him like this, but he can't keep himself from lurking. And when some lech comes sniffing around his wife, or some fool notices him and makes a fuss… well, there's only so much a man can take. And that little spark of warmth he draws out of them? Well, he's starting to acquire a taste.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--other-revenants", "title": "Other revenants", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 weakness" ], "body": "- **Mummified Green Lords** and their **[[24 - Green Lords#**Mummified Green Lord**|servants]]**\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|Thralls]]** of the Things Below\n- **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#**Chimerae**|Nemurvojak]]**\n- **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**People**|Barrow wights]]**\n- **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Deathless ones**|Deathless ones]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-11", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying-12", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- Creepy effects: flickering torches, cold spots, things going bump in the night\n- Superstition and fear, affecting the behavior of NPCs\n- Rising dread and **[[46 - The Things Below#**On a 6-**, pick 1:|terror]]**, affecting even PCs\n- **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Dangers**|Traps]]** placed in old tombs\n- **[[11 - The Dread River#**Dangers**|Curses]]** on tombs or tomb-goods\n- **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Dangers**|Disease]]**, transmitted from fresh or rotting corpses", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--other-undead", "title": "Other undead", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "- **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Iron hound**|Iron hounds]]**\n- **[[12 - Fae#**The Bloody Boots**|Hollow Fae]]**\n- **[[38 - Rime Lords#**1d12** instinct|A false adept]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--dool-spirit", "title": "Dool spirit", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Group*, *spirit*, *terrifying*, *stealthy*, *devious* **HP** 13; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** feast on fears d6 w/disadvantage (*hand*, *close*, ignores armor)\n\n**Special qualities** powerless in bright light; bound to its tree or a victim's bones\n\n**Instinct** to taste sweet, delicious fears\n\n- ^ä Sense a victim's doubt and worries\n- ^ä Shape sound and shadow to unnerve and frighten\n- ^ä Manifest as its victim's fears (harmed only by one who masters their fear)\n- ^ä Bind itself to a victim's bones\n\nDool spirits hail from beyond the Last Door. They are not undead, for they never lived, but are native to the afterlife. They sometimes slip into this world, haunting the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Dool trees|dool trees]]** from which they get their name.\n\nWhen a dool spirit takes a liking to a victim's fears, it leaves its tree and binds itself to that victim's very bones. It proceeds to haunt them, and only them, driving them mad with fear. The spirit remains bound to that victim's bones even in death, until are buried, and the spirit can haunt the", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying-10", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--gwyllgi", "title": "Gwyllgi", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *cautious*, *stealthy*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 4 (resilience, 0 vs. silver) **Damage** claws d8 (*close*) or bite d8+2 (*hand*, *grabby*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** hates daylight, must be manifest to feed\n\n**Instinct** to feed on fear and despair\n\n- ^ä Manifest as a black wolf with blazing red eyes\n- ^ä Appear to someone out alone at night and lay a **death curse** on them (see below)\n- ^ä Breathe forth a baleful cloud, d6 damage (*reach*, *area*, ignores armor)\n\nA gwyllgi is a harbinger of death, a being from beyond. A necromancer might call one forth to send against their foes. Or, one might slip through the Last Door when dark magic or the death of many cause it to swing wide open.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-curse", "title": "Death curse", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "Threat (*affliction*)\n\n**Instinct** to crank up tension and dread\n\n- ^ä Cause an accident or coincidence\n- ^ä Drive them to anxiety, desperation\n- ^ä Push them towards a bad decision\n- ^ä Get them, in the end\n\nWhen *a gwyllgi curses a victim*, they know they will die before the next full moon.\n\n**Something interesting:** A gwyllgi can curse only one victim at a time, and it manifests each night to feed on its victim's emotions.\n\n**Something useful:** You can lift the curse by destroying the gwyllgi's form, banishing it back through the Last Door.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--necromancer", "title": "Necromancer", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *cautious*, *cunning*, *magical*, *death-wise*\n\n**HP** 12; **Armor** 0 (or by worn armor) **Damage** silver-alloy knife d8 (*hand*) **Special qualities** can sense active spirits **Instinct** to hoard secrets/knowledge\n\n- ^ä Call up, speak with, bind, or lose control of an undead entity\n- ^ä Reveal or act on knowledge they should not possess\n- ^ä Send the undead against a foe\n- ^ä Cast a death-related spell (*reload*)\n\n'Tis an odd sort, who would have truck with spirits of the dead. But some are born with the Sight, and a morbid curiosity. If they can avoid getting themselves killed by hungry ghosts or outraged locals… well, the dead have all manner of secrets to teach.\n\nNecromancers often find themselves consorting with entities even darker than the dead, and are prone to **[[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|corruption]]** by the Things Below. They are likely to possess one or more **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#An old scroll case , fragile|arcana]]**, which they do not hesitate to use. And they are often attended by one or more bound entities.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--death-and-the-undying-11", "title": "Death and the undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--shade", "title": "Shade", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *undead*, *cautious* **HP** 19; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** none\n\n**Special qualities** banished by daylight **Instinct** (pick 1 or roll 1d6) 1: to refuse to go back, 2: to fulfill its longings, 3-4: to bemoan its fate, 5-6: to return to its rest\n\n- ^ä Manifest as a whisper and a dim image, unable to affect the physical world\n- ^ä Share what it knew in life\n- ^ä Reveal a secret learned in death\n- ^ä \"Ride\" a willing/prepared host\n- ^ä Possess an intact and uninterred corpse, creating a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Shade**|pyped]]**\n\nShades are the souls of the quiet dead, called back through the Last Door. Or perhaps they are merely echoes of a dead person's personality, given shape by magic. Either way, they might be called up at the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Crossroads]]**, via an arcanum like **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A strange skull and antlers|a strange skull and antlers]]**, or by some other form of necromancy.\n\nA shade can ride a living, willing host, or one who has been properly prepared (with arcane markings, by bearing an appropriate object, via a potion, etc.). It can withstand daylight while doing so, but only with great effort. It experiences what its host experiences, and can communicate with its host via only impulse and desire.\n\nWhen *a shade rides you and compels you to act against your will,* mark XP if you do as it wants. If you resist, you are Defying Danger.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "10-death-and-the-undying--tomb-bog-spirit", "title": "Tomb-bog spirit", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *terrifying*, *implacable* **HP** 19; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** smothering grip d10+2 (*hand*, *forceful*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special qualities** harms only those whose life is forfeit\n\n**Instinct** to consume the dying breaths of the condemned\n\n- ^ä Track down one whose life is forfeit\n - ^ä Wait until they are alone\n - ^ä Shape a hulking form from peat, soil, and mud (takes half damage from stabbing, slashing, or fire)\n - ^ä Whisper its victim's crimes, freezing them with fear\n\nIn **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier's Fen]]**, not far from **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**, there lies a peat mound where the town buries criminals alive. Over the years, the place has given birth to a spirit of death and punishment. The spirit is young and eager, and can be set to work upon criminals; see the **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A grim peat mound|grim peat mound]]** minor arcanum for details.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river", "title": "The Dread River", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The Dread River is the eastern border of the World's End. It flows down from the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|Whitefang Mountains]]**, through the **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|North and South Manmarch]]** and [[40 - South Manmarch#South Manmarch|350\\)]], fed by numerous creeks and streams along the way.\n\nIn its lower reach, the river itself is wide and deep, never less than a quarter-mile across and dozens—if not hundreds—of feet deep. From afar, it appears placid and still. But it flows with a terrible and relentless current.\n\nThe western shore alternates between wetlands, wide-open flood plains, and rugged bluffs, ruins scattered all along its length. It would be an idyllic place to live, except that the length of the river is cursed.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river-2", "title": "Impressions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--always", "title": "Always", "level": 3, "path": [ "Impressions" ], "body": "- From afar: a sense of stillness\n- As you get closer: the rush of the current\n- The far shore: ruin-dotted, lonely, mysterious\n- Near the water: an uneasy feeling, like anything could be in there watching, waiting, hungry", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river-3", "title": "Spring", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- The river swollen and flooded from snowmelt, spilling out over its banks\n- Swarms of flies, like clouds of smoke\n- The smell of mud and rotting fish", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--summer", "title": "Summer", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spring" ], "body": "- Brilliant green along the shores, sunlight sparkling on water\n- Endless chorus of waterfowl, starlings, insects, current\n- The occasional splash—just a fish, or a spooked turtle, maybe?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--autumn", "title": "Autumn", "level": 3, "path": [ "Spring", "Summer" ], "body": "- Riot of autumn colors along the shores, reflected in the water\n- Blankets of mist, hiding the river but amplifying its rush and gurgle\n- Honk and flap of waterfowl flying south, or wheeling overhead before alighting", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 3, "path": [ "Spring", "Summer" ], "body": "- White-capped trees and bluffs and slopes\n- Ice growing out from the shores\n- Slate grey water, more menacing than ever with the promise of deadly cold", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spring" ], "body": "- What famous treasure is said to lie in the Ruins at Road's End?\n- What once drove you to spend a night encamped along the Dread River? What evil did you encounter?\n- Who do you know who once saw the Suileach, the Wurm with Two-Hundred Eyes? How did it change them?\n- Aside from empty ruins, what is noticeably strange about the lands across the river?\n- Does one cross the Dread River en route to Lygos? If so, how? And what separates the southern lands from those east of the river? Mountains? A desert? A sea?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spring" ], "body": "- **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Horned drake**|Bandits]]** or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|cultists]]**) take up residence in ruins on the Dread River's shores.\n- The PCs acquire a **[[11 - The Dread River#**Dangers**|cursed treasure]]**, originally looted from the Ruins at Road's End.\n- Some fool is mounting an expedition to cross the Dread River.\n - People from **[[11 - The Dread River#**East of the River**|east of the river]]** land on the western shore.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--the-ruins-at-road-s-end", "title": "The Ruins at Road's End", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spring" ], "body": "**[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|The Highway]]** runs from **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]** through **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]** and ends at the Dread River. Where the road ends, there was once a sizeable city, a bustling hub of trade and learning.\n\nThe **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]** called this city \"Northernmost,\" for it was founded as their most far-flung outpost. The **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]** called it *Aavonkaer* (\"River City\"). To the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]** it was *Pazara* (\"The Marketplace\"). The **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]** called it *Jalampravahati* (\"Through Where the Waters Flow\").\n\nNow, though, the city is called the Ruins at Road's End. For when the Stone Lords' servants rebelled and woke the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**, the Dread River belched forth countless horrors. The city's inhabitants were slaughtered in a single night.\n\nThroughout the time of the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow-Builders]]**, various warlords and would-be sorcerer-kings claimed the ruined city. They sought to recover the lost artifacts of the Makers, or to harness the city's restless souls, or to bend the horrors in the river to their will. Sometimes, they even succeeded. But never for very long.\n\nThe ruins sprawl for miles along the shore, and similar vestiges of the past are visible across the river. The legs of a once-mighty bridge still poke out from the water. Everyone agrees that great wealth and troves of\n\nlore remain among the crumbling walls. But everyone also agrees that those old cellar holes and skeletal structures—along with anything dug out of them—are **[[11 - The Dread River#**Dangers**|cursed]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--east-of-the-river", "title": "East of the River", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spring" ], "body": "Beyond the Dread River lie more ruins, bluffs and woods, and gently sloping plains. The **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|Manmarchers]]** migrated from east of the Dread River sometime before the **[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]**. But if people dwell there still, they keep well away from the shore. And if any have ventured across the river and returned, they're keeping quiet about it.\n\nWho or what lies east of the Dread River? That's for you and your group to decide, but perhaps one might find…\n\n- … the husk of a sprawling empire, home now to only jackals and wolves;\n- … nomadic raiders, bloody-handed even by the Manmarchers' standards;\n- … descendants of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**, greatly diminished, in isolated fiefs\n- … a people in thrall to an undying sorcerer-king;\n- … a land of horrors, thoroughly tainted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**;\n- … a barren land, dead and still, bereft of spirits and magic;\n- … the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spring" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spring" ], "body": "- 1 Open water, who knows how deep?\n- 2 Rocks/eddies/rapids\n- 3 Waterfall/smaller stream feeding the river\n- 4 Swamp/drowned trees/logjam\n- 5-6 Shallows/marsh/mud/reeds\n- 7-8 Sandbar/beach/shingle/floodplain\n- 9 Slope/hill\n- 10 Bluff/promontory/rocky outcrop\n- 11 Caves\n- 12 Island\n\nIf you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river-4", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river-5", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Change of terrain (previous page) and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**\n- 4 encounter (see below)\n- 5-6 point of interest (next column)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river-6", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Big and dangerous beast, easily provoked: **[[14 - The Flats#**Monsters**|aurochs]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Dangers**|boar]]**, a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bear]]**), a **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|thunder drake]]**, a **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Dangers**|horned drake]]**, etc.\n- 3-4 Game, mostly harmless and prone to bolt: deer, water fowl, rabbits, etc.\n- 5 **[[11 - The Dread River#**Dangers**|People]]**, exploring, in trouble, or hiding out\n- 6 **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirit of the wild]]**, curious or indifferent", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river-7", "title": "1d6 point of interest", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 A tomb, site, or artifact of the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**\n- 2 A site sacred to the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|spirits of the wild]]**\n- 3-4 A ruin or fortification of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**\n- 5 A ruin, site, or artifact of the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**\n- 6 A ruin or artifact of some other group of **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**\n\nFor any point of interest, decide or roll to see what taints it (if anything).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river-8", "title": "1d6 what taints it", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 The **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- 3-4 **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Death and the undying|Death and the undying]]**\n- 5 Both of the above\n- 6 Nothing, strangely", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river-9", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- A stretch of water, and reason to brave it\n- A bluff to climb and a reason to climb it\n- **Rockslides** or **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|mudslides]]**\n- The river's current, surprisingly strong\n- Poor footing (mud, silt, branches, dropoffs) hidden by water/reeds\n- Winter ice, thinner than it looks\n- Swarms of midges or mosquitos annoying, distracting, painful, diseased\n- Starlings—obscuring, drowning out sound, buffeting, possibly host to a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Grwgnach**|grwgnach]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--people", "title": "People", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "- **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Horned drake**|Bandits]]**, hiding among the ruins, possibly cursed/corrupted\n- **Cultists**, led by a **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|sorcerer]]**\n- **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|Manmarchers]]**: outcasts or foolhardy explorers\n- **Adventurers** or **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Adventurer|antiquarians]]**\n- A **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|necromancer]]**, trawling the ruins for power", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- Beasts: **[[14 - The Flats#**Monsters**|aurochs]]**, a **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|thunder drake]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Dangers**|boars]]**, a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bear]]**, a **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Dangers**|horned drake]]**, **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|wild horses]]**, etc.\n- Predators: a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cougar]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wolves]]**, a **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|grochslon]]**, a **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|kleztigr]]**, **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|spitting drakes]]**, etc.\n- A **[[24 - Green Lords#**The Unquiet Dead**|llamudwr]]**, lurking in wetlands or flooded forests\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirits of the wild]]**\n- The **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]** of those who died here\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|Emanations]]** of or creatures **corrupted** by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]), lurking in the river or the ruins", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--cursed-object", "title": "Cursed object", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "Monsters" ], "body": "When you *remove something valuable from the ruins that dot the Dread River*, roll (+nothing, just roll). If you have warded yourself from the evil of this place, roll with advantage. **On a 10+**, your theft goes unnoticed, or at least unpunished; **on a 7-9**, the GM will choose (or ask you to roll for) a lesser curse; **on a 6-**, the GM will choose (or ask you to roll for) a greater curse.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--1d6-lesser-curse", "title": "1d6 lesser curse", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- 1 Food and drink become bland, then off-putting, then vile (yet you must still eat and drink)\n- 2 Nightmares plague you and those with whom you share a roof; restful sleep is fleeting\n- 3 Wild beasts attack you with unnatural frequency and focus; domestic beasts are agitated in your presence\n- 4 You age quickly, a year for every month\n- 5 You cannot abide the sound of singing/the touch of loved ones/ food cooked by another/any gift freely given/some other thing that ties you to other people\n- 6 You hear **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|whispers and visions]]**, urging you to do things", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--1d6-greater-curse", "title": "1d6 greater curse", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- 1 Horrors pursue you, intent on dragging you and the item back to the ruins, killing any who cross their path. Destroy or bind them, and more will come.\n- 2 You contract a **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Dangers**|disease]]**; it merely makes you miserable, but infects those nearby with a deadly sickness.\n- 3 Those around you find themselves on edge, their emotions running raw, and are subject to **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|whispers and visions]]**. Unstable folk quickly succumb.\n- 4 You grow thin, haggard, and unwell. Mark a debility each week, which you cannot clear. Should you die, you become a **[[Inserts#Revenant|revenant]]**, tethered to the item, obsessed with either protecting it or returning it to where it was found (your choice).\n- 5 Wherever you go, plants wither, food spoils, crops fail, beasts grow barren and sickly.\n- 6 Those who die in your presence are unable to pass through the Last Door. They linger as **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]**.\n\nTailor a curse's specifics to the item, to where and with what it was it found. Incorporate the themes and aspects of any relevant entities. And feel free to create entirely new curses, riffing on the options above.\n\nHow does one free oneself of a curse? Possibilities include…\n\n- … returning the item to where it was originally found;\n- … destroying the item utterly: burning it, melting it, tossing it into lava, etc.;\n- … packing it in salt and burying it at a crossroads;\n- … driving a bronze spike through it, into an ancient elder tree;\n- … ritually cleansing the item, binding the curse to an appropriate vessel, and burying/hiding the vessel somewhere; or perhaps\n- … passing ownership of the item (and thus the curse) on to another willing party; they need not know it is cursed, but must claim the item as theirs.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--luglfsk", "title": "Luglfsk", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Horde*, *small*, *amphibious*, *corrupted* **HP** 3; **Armor** 1 (hide)\n\n**Damage** electric shock d6 (*hand*, *reload*), or chew d4 (*hand*)\n\n**Special qualities** lightning-proof **Instinct** to feed\n\n- ä Sense a creature's electrical field\n- ä Stun or paralyze with a touch, bzzzt\n- ä Swarm a stunned creature\n\nEach one is a few feet long, like a cuttlefish crossed with a giant maggot, squirming wet and gray, a face full of feelers whose touch stings like lightning.\n\nThey spend most of their lives in the water, congregating near **[[43 - Stone Lords#Power-crystal|power-crystals]]** and **aetherium** artifacts [[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|Tempest Lords]] that have been claimed by the river. They seem entranced by the passive energy, almost lulled to sleep. But when they sense something more dynamic, something meatier, they wriggle out of the water fast enough.\n\nSome Hillfolk claim that luglfsk are just tadpoles, and tell stories of larger, many-legged terrors that fling lightning from face-feelers that stretch as long as a man grows tall. But those are probably just spook-stories to scare travelers. Probably.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--jellied-horror", "title": "Jellied horror", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *stealthy*, *amorphous*, *mindless*\n\n**HP** 19; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** pseudopod d10+1 (*reach*, *hand*, *grabby*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** immune to stabbing; takes half damage from weapons unless they're *forceful*; acid-proof; harmed by chalk/quicklime/similar chemics\n\n**Instinct** to seep, to consume, to grow\n\n- ä Lurk in water, moving slowly, seeking or waiting for food\n- ä Dissolve organic material—weapons, clothes, flesh, etc.\n- ä Engulf, d10+3 damage with advantage (*hand*, *messy*, ignores armor)\n\nSometimes, the waters of the Dread River overflow their banks and flood the cursed ruins and tainted places. And sometimes, when the floodwaters recede, they leave behind… something. Something that just isn't right.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--the-suileach", "title": "The Suileach", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *huge*, *magical*, *terrifying*, *aquatic*, *corrupted*\n\n**HP** 26; **Armor** 2 (scales)\n\n**Damage** jaws like a cave d10+7 (*reach*, *forceful*, *messy*, 3 piercing) or thrashing coils d10+5 (*close*, *area*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** many-eyed; impossible to surprise\n\n**Instinct** to dominate the Dread River\n\n- ä Sense an intruder upon its domain\n- ä Transfix someone with one of its myriad eyes (see below)\n- ä Drag intruders to their doom\n\nIt's a thing of legend. A great scaly wurm, they say, hundreds of feet long, festooned with eyes along its bulk. Hundreds of eyes, so very many. They say it sees all that happens along the river. They say it brooks no tresspass, that it drowns or devours all who encroach on its domain.\n\nBut that's not entirely true. Some folks have met the Suileach and lived to tell the tale, haunted by what they saw reflected in its eyes.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--when-you-stare-transfixed-into-one-of-the-suileach-s-eyes-mark-dazed-and-pick-1", "title": "When you stare transfixed into one of the Suileach's eyes, mark dazed and pick 1:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- You see yourself, unburdened. Name an NPC whom you love; your heart grows cold to them. Then, gain a new move from your playbook.\n- You see yourself as you might have been. Change your instinct and swap one of your playbook moves for another.\n- You see your death, as it will occur. The next time you would roll for Death's Door, don't—you get a 10+. The second time you would roll for Death's Door, don't—you get a 6-.\n- You see the truth reflected, darkly. The GM will tell you something interesting and useful, yet thoroughly disturbing.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "11-the-dread-river--totnatter", "title": "Totnatter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *stealthy*, *terrifying* **HP** 16; **Armor** 2\n\n**Damage** venomous bite d10+1 (*reach*, *close*, *hand*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** thermal vision; extraordinary sense of smell\n\n**Instinct** to toy with its food\n\n- ä Scent prey, track it down\n- ä Rattle its tail, paralyzing prey with fear\n- ä Pump them full of venom, then retreat\n- ä Follow, waiting for its prey to collapse\n\nThese grey-white rattlesnakes grow to absurd size, big enough to eat a boar, a deer, or even a person. Manmarchers say that they haunt the bluffs and ruins along the river, waiting months, years, or even decades between meals.\n\nWhile most rattlesnakes rattle to warn off threats or predators, totnatter use their rattles to hunt. They delight in the terror their rattle causes, and use it even when they could just bite their prey unawares.\n\nWhen *a totnatter pumps its prey full of venom*, start the following countdown:\n\nl Their hands shake, their bodies shiver (mark *weakened*)\n\nl They grow confused, thinking things that aren't true (mark *dazed*)\n\nl They struggle to breathe, to keep going (mark *miserable*)\n\nl They are dying (roll for Death's Door)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae", "title": "Fae", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Strange folk live in the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]** and **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier's Fen]]**. Wondrous and dangerous, beings out of legend. The **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]** called them \"Good Neighbors\" and \"Hidden Ones,\" and took pains to avoid insulting them. They cautioned Stonetop to do the same. And while the Forest Folk are gone, the Fae remain.\n\nThe **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]** bred the Fae long ago, to herd spirits and to weave wondrous realms. They relied on the Fae to manage their estates, to build the **[[53 - Waystones#Waystones|waystones]]**, and, later, to create the Green Lord's idyllic afterlives.\n\nSome Fae resented their servitude. Some found loopholes in the promises and oaths that bound them. Ringleaders arose, creating webs of debt and obligation that undermined their masters' hold.\n\nThe Green Lords grew desperate. They called on the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**, corrupted themselves with unholy power. They bred living weapons, hunted down the rebels, and took terrible vengeance.\n\nThe uprising nearly failed, but the Green Lords had drawn the ire of their fellow Makers. The **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**, in particular, were horrified by the Green Lords' corruption. They worked a terrible spell to shatter the heart of the Green Lord's domain, turning it into the ruined bog that today we call Ferrier's Fen. Then they allied with the Fae, and waged war against the Green Lords who survived.\n\nAfter the siege of **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**, the Fae found themselves adrift and bereft of purpose. Many were no longer bound by oath or obligation. Ringleaders bickered and squabbled. Factions formed. Armies disbanded. And the Fae became the fractured people they are today.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--the-good-neighbors", "title": "The good neighbors", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fae" ], "body": "Fae and mortals cross paths, of course. The Forest Folk descended from the Green Lord's mortal servants, and dwelt in the Great Wood for centuries. Fae fought side-by-side with the Stone Lords' human slaves. And some Fae, certainly, know of the humans living on their borders: Stonetop, **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**, the **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|Manmarchers]]**, even some **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#1d6 point of interest|Whitefang villages]]**. There have always been dealings between them and us.\n\nBut Fae are not like us. They breathe magic. Time means little to them. They have no base needs. They are driven by pride, boredom, and obsession. They are shaped by their debts, their obligations, and the ancient scars of servitude and war.\n\nFae are *dangerous* to mortals. Maybe not hostile (though some are), but alien. Some admire our spark of life, our creativity and passion. Some find our memories and our emotions rich and heady. Some delight in our dignity or our short-lived antics. Some might even care about us. But they also think no more of stealing an infant from the crib than we would at picking a pup out of a litter.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fae" ], "body": "- 1 Fluidity of time and space: stasis, distortion, dilation, things where (and when) they oughtn't be\n- 2 Enchantment, dreams and dreamlogic, the odd accepted as normal\n- 3 Illusion/glamour, often hiding a base or even sordid reality\n- 4 The intangible made real; metaphor made literal\n- 5 Promises, deals, and loopholes; debts and insults weighing heavy as iron chains\n- 6 Opaque etiquette, strange norms, values upended, seeming amorality\n- 7 Passions, whims, and excess; the autonomy of others ignored\n- 8 Extremes of beauty/ugliness, blurred lines between them\n- 9 Malleability of one's looks, one's identity, one's true and secret heart\n- 10 Liminality: neither spirit nor flesh, here nor there, this nor that, real nor unreal\n- 11 Deep ties to the natural world and **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**\n- 12 Enslavement by the **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]**, the war against them, the lasting scars left by both", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 3, "path": [ "Fae", "1d12 theme" ], "body": "- A local family claims their infant has been replaced with a Fae changeling.\n- A widower wants a Fae to take away the memories of his lost love.\n- A hunter naively offers Stonetop's hospitality to a mischievous Fae.\n- A **[[24 - Green Lords#Zrajedak|zrajedak]]** is released from stasis; terrified Fae seek help.\n- An NPC is indebted to a Fae; it wants what they cannot bear to give (a child, their love, a marriage, etc.).\n- A Fae falls in love with a villager, and tries to live a mortal life.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fae" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--in-general", "title": "In general:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Fae", "Questions" ], "body": "- Who among you has lost a sibling or a child, stolen from the crib?\n- Who in the village is said to have Fae blood?\n- Who in town once made a deal with a Fae? What did they lose? What did they get in return?\n- What Fae being did you once meet in the Wood? How did you get away unscathed?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--about-any-given-fae-they-meet", "title": "About any given Fae they meet:", "level": 3, "path": [ "Fae", "Questions" ], "body": "- What about their presence fills you with awe/longing/sadness/joy/\\_\\_?\n- What forgotten memory do they stir?\n- What detail about them will you struggle to remember later?\n- What detail could you never forget?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 4, "path": [ "Fae", "Questions", "About any given Fae they meet:" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--everyone-in-stonetop-knows-that", "title": "Everyone in Stonetop knows that:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Fae", "Questions", "About any given Fae they meet:" ], "body": "- Strange, magical folk dwell in the Great Wood\n- They vary greatly in appearance, ability, and disposition\n- That they are strange, dreamlike, fickle, wondrous, dangerous", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--one-might-know", "title": "One might know:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Fae", "Questions", "About any given Fae they meet:" ], "body": "- Details of a given Fae: behaviors, demeanor, abilities, limits, names, etc.\n- The specifics of **[[12 - Fae#Magic and the Fae|Fae nature]]**\n- That iron is anathema to them\n- Proper etiquette for dealing with one\n- Ways to protect yourself from them\n- About domains: their entrances, the dangers they pose, specific examples\n- Tales of the Wandering Market\n- That they served the Green Lords", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--very-few-know", "title": "Very few know:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fae" ], "body": "- The specifics of their history, their origin, their rebellion\n- The nuances of their politics, debts, relationships, obligations\n- How to find the Wandering Market", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fae" ], "body": "Fae \"names\" tend to be titles, nouns, or descriptive phrases or borrowed from those they've met—simple, whimsical, ominous, or grandiose as befits their nature.\n\nMix, match, and riff on words related to plants and beasts and rocks, features of the landscape, natural phenomena, colors, mundane objects, emotions or emotional activities, titles, relations, and local names.\n\nSome simple names: Acorn, Cobweb, Hob, Jackdaw, Kettle, Lark, Moth, Quills, Rill, Robin, Stewpot, Trillium, Uncle Whiskers, Whistler, Wobbles, Yellowtail\n\nSome whimsical names: Bellweather, Bitterlips, Moonbeam, Peasebottom, Poppy o' Twilight, Rainpetal, Stagthorn, Thistledust, Whiteoak, Yellow Britches\n\nSome ominous names: Bonekettle, Father Longfingers, Grinning Nel, the Hangman, the King of Dirges, Old Sorrows, the Pale Sisters, Stonetooth, the Weeping Rose\n\nSome grandiose names: Dawnwhisper, Fireblossom, Breath of Thunder, Hare Starblade, the Midnight Mare, Rain Upon the Valley, Silverstag, the Storm King\n\nSome Fae might go by many names, or change their names over time. If a given Fae is known to the locals, consider what they call it in their local tongue. A Fae named Moonbeam, for example, might be called \"Pelydrlloer\" in Stonetop or \"Mondstrohl\" by the Manmarchers.\n\nPerhaps each Fae has a true and secret name, by which they can be commanded and bound. If so, it must be their most treasured and precious secret.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae-2", "title": "Fae nature", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The Fae are living beings made of spiritstuff. They aren't quite spirits, but interact with spirits as if they were. They're made of flesh and bone, or close enough, but it is strange, malleable, and resilient. They…\n\n- … need not eat or drink, but can enjoy such fare;\n- … need not sleep, but often choose to; … can suffocate or drown, but usually\n- recover when they can breathe again; … feel no drive to reproduce, but might enjoy sex, fall in love, sire or bear children, steal them from mortals;\n- … do not grow feeble with age, but can grow bored, deeply set in their ways;\n- … cannot break a promise or an oath, but are keen at finding loopholes; and\n- … feel the weight of debts and insults as though they were heavy chains.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae-3", "title": "Injury", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Fae are unnaturally tough (Armor 4) and can heal any wound not caused by iron. A Fae who suffers a \"mortal\" wound might pass through the Last Door. But they might also change their mind and come back later, for Fae are fickle things.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--iron", "title": "Iron", "level": 4, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Iron (including steel) is offensive to Fae. Its presence insults them. It disrupts their magic. It burns their skin, ignores their Armor, leaves scars that never fade. Iron can kill a Fae, truly kill them dead.\n\n**[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|Black iron]]** is even worse. Its presence unravels their magic. Its touch doesn't just burn, it suppurates their flesh (+1d6 damage, ignores armor, messy). It leaves vicious, gaping wounds that never heal and that eventually turn them into **[[12 - Fae#**The Bloody Boots**|Hollow Fae]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--magic-and-the-fae", "title": "Magic and the Fae", "level": 3, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Fae are Fae, neither spirit nor mortal. As a rule, magic that specifically affects \"spirits\" or \"mortals\" does not apply to the Fae. They are their own thing.\n\nWith that said, magic is fuzzy and each Fae is unique. When in doubt, consider what feels right in this particular case. A ploy that would work in a fairy tale should probably work against the Fae!", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--illusions-and-glamours", "title": "Illusions and glamours", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Illusions are lies. They have no substance. An illusionary chair bears no weight; the illusion of a sword does not cut. A skillful Fae might create the illusion of pain and blood when you are cut with an illusionary sword, but the wound has no lasting effect.\n\nGlamour is more profound. It changes a thing and how it interacts with the world, at least until the glamour fades. Glamour a rock into a chair and sit comfortably. Glamour a stick into a sword and it will cut, make you bleed real blood. When the glamour ends, the wound remains.\n\nGlamours are like poetry. One might glamour an acorn into a gem, or fluttering leaves into butterflies, or a braying mortal's head into that of a donkey. But one does not just, say, glamour a spear into a puddle of water. These things must rhyme!\n\nFae can see through each other's illusions and glamours, but as a rule they play along. Doing otherwise can be insulting.\n\nGlamour affects neither iron nor steel, and the touch of either causes illusions to flicker and fade. The touch of **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]** dispels both illusions and glamours, like soap dropped in oily water.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--language", "title": "Language", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Fae understand anyone they meet, and can always make themselves understood. Many speak in an affected manner (accented, in verse, with odd sentence construction, etc.) to amuse themselves, to annoy others, or because that's just how they think.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--debts-and-promises", "title": "Debts and promises", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Fae are bound by debts, obligations, and promises. This applies to mortals who treat with them, too. A Fae might:\n\n- ^ä Make an offer (fair or lopsided)\n- ^ä Politely decline or dissemble\n- ^ä Insist, ask for more, offer less\n- ^ä Call in a debt, use it as leverage\n- ^ä Make or demand a promise\n- ^ä Find/exploit a loophole\n- ^ä Trade a debt to another Fae\n\nWhen a *Fae is beholden to you*, you have advantage on any roll to resist or defend yourself against it. When you *leverage a debt that they owe you or a promise they've made*, gain advantage to Persuade or otherwise influence it.\n\nWhen you *are beholden to a Fae*, you have disadvantage on any roll made directly against them (including damage rolls). When you *fail to uphold a promise you've made to a Fae*, for any reason, either you are beholden to that Fae or they take it as an insult (their choice).\n\nWhen you *pass through the Last Door*, all debts you owe and promises you have made are null and void.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--insults-and-etiquette", "title": "Insults and etiquette", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Fae are also bound by insults, pride, and etiquette. An insulted Fae feels the need for satisfaction like a mortal feels hunger, as a gnawing and physical thing. Their culture is full of little rules and points of etiquette that mortals often stumble over.\n\nOne might insult a Fae by…\n\n- … rudely refusing an offer;\n- … failing to honor a debt or promise;\n- … taking what they think they own;\n- … making demands or threats without the proper leverage;\n- … sneaking iron into their presence;\n- … failing to play along with their games;\n- … disparaging their honor/their power/ their cunning/whatever they value about themselves; or\n- … accusing them of any of the above.\n\nWhen the PCs deal with a Fae, that Fae might:\n\n- ^ä Set the PCs up for a faux pas\n- ^ä Make an accusation\n- ^ä Act affronted, genuinely or as a ploy\n- ^ä Truly take insult\n\nAnd if insulted, they might:\n\n- ^ä Demand satisfaction\n- ^ä Storm/scamper off\n- ^ä Offer their forgiveness, as a gift\n- ^ä Ignore all other rules of etiquette\n- ^ä Spread tales or rumors\n- ^ä Hold a grudge, lay plans for revenge\n- ^ä Resort to violence or magic", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--creating-fae", "title": "Creating Fae", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "To create a Fae or a group thereof, think about what you already know, and the context in which they'll appear. Decide what they're like: pick or roll for their preoccupation, their size, and 1-3 aspects.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d12-preoccupation", "title": "1d12 preoccupation", "level": 3, "path": [ "Injury", "Creating Fae" ], "body": "1-2 Playing/reveling/tricking/subverting 3-4 Ruling/enforcing/bullying/hurting 5-6 Striving/making/toiling/growing 7-8 Collecting/hoarding/obsessing 9-10 Preening/politicking/gossiping\n\n11-12 Guarding/watching/sulking/hiding", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d12-size", "title": "1d12 size", "level": 3, "path": [ "Injury", "Creating Fae" ], "body": "1 *tiny* (bug- or bird-sized) 2-3 *tiny* (like a cat or smaller) 4-6 *small* (like a human child) 7-9 Human-sized 10-11 *large* (like a horse) 12 *huge* (elephant-sized, or bigger)\n\n| 1d12 | aspects |\n|------|--------------------------------------|\n| 1 | Predatory/clawed/fanged/powerful |\n| 2 | Horned/antlered/hooved/prancing |\n| 3 | Furry/tailed/plump/scampering |\n| 4 | Winged/beaked/feathered/spindly |\n| 5 | Scaly/squamous/slimy/sinuous |\n| 6 | Iridescent/chitinous/bug-like/alien |\n| 7 | Treeish/weedish/prickly/stoic/stiff |\n| 8 | Leafy/flowering/winding/delicate |\n| 9 | Ethereal/fluid/frosty/graceful/aloof |\n| 10 | Earthy/rocky/craggy/dirty/stolid |\n| 11 | Glittery/starry/luminous/fiery |\n| | |\n\n12 Puppet-like/artificial/made/hollow\n\nConsider rolling 1d6 to see how personlike and humanoid they are.\n\nNext, pick or roll for 1-3 talents.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d12-talent", "title": "1d12 talent", "level": 3, "path": [ "Injury", "Creating Fae" ], "body": "1 Illusion/glamour 2 Shapechanging/transformations 3 Feats of strength/stamina/ labor/skill 4 Influencing the inanimate/the elements/beasts or birds or bugs 5 Flying/burrowing/phasing/etc. 6 Messing with time, space, causality 7 Well-versed in powerful, old magic 8 Enchanting visage/voice/ music/touch 9 Invisibility/camouflage/stealth 10 Cursing/blessing/giving/taking 11 Fae domains: creating/changing them, ensnaring others in them 12 Insight/prophecy/dreams and\n\n*The PCs are heading to a Green Lord's tomb, and I'd like them to meet a Fae who was squatting there until recently.*\n\nmemories laid bare\n\n*From the list of preoccupations, I pick \"collecting/hoarding/obsessing.\" I bet he left a hoard back in the tomb! I get a 6 for size (\"*small*\"), and a 7 and 12 for its aspects (\"treeish/weedish/prickly…\" and \"puppet-like…hollow\"). I get a 4 on a d6 for how humanoid it is. I'm picturing a living puppet made of lashed-together, still-growing branches.* \n\n*For talents, he seems tricksy, so I pick \"camouflage/stealth.\" And \"influencing the inanimate\" seems right; I think he can control plants and trees a bit?*\n\n**Fae**\n\nNow, pick or roll for what they were bred to do. If it's unclear, decide what manner of spirit they were bred from; pick or roll a theme from the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**. Pick or roll for their role in the war against the Green Lords and for a lasting mark of their past.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d12-bred-to", "title": "1d12 bred to...", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "1-2 …create/maintain a false afterlife 3-4 …command/compel/enforce/punish 5-6 …deceive/obscure/protect 7-8 …entertain/enliven/beautify\n\n9-10 …nurture/protect/cultivate 11-12 …work/labor/toil/produce/build", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d12-role-in-the-war", "title": "1d12 role in the war", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "1-3 Victim/casualty/refugee/prisoner 4-5 Uninvolved/dissident/loyalist 6-8 Conscript/recruit/soldier 9-10 Scout/saboteur/spy/traitor 11 Marshal/chief/overseer/enforcer 12 Hero/ringleader/mastermind", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d12-lasting-mark", "title": "1d12 lasting mark", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "1 Arrogance/defiance/anger/cruelty 2 Shame/doubt/dread/fussiness 3 Fame/infamy/enmity/rivals\n\n4 Nostalgia/denial/delusion/fixation 5 Patience/exactness/caution/cunning\n\n6 Quick temper/fierce protectiveness\n\n7 Duties/obligations/debts 8 Emptiness/loneliness/grief/ennui\n\n9-10 Scars/impairments/visible wounds\n\n11-12 Roll 1d10 twice, combine\n\nAlso: are they **[[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|corrupted]]** by the Things Below? Roll 1d6; on a 1, they are.\n\nPick or create a **[[12 - Fae#**1d12** lasting mark|name]]**, and write up their stat block. All Fae have the *fae* tag; many are also *magical*. They have unnatural resilience (4 Armor, 0 vs. iron), being neither fully flesh nor fully spirit.\n\n*My little wicker-man clearly descends from a plant-spirit. I get an 11 for what he was bred to do (\"work/labor/toil…\"), a 2 for his role in the war (\"victim…\"), and a 12 for his lasting mark, followed by a 6 (\"fierce protectiveness\") and 3 (\"enmity\"). He's not corrupted.*\n\n*I see him tending to some Green Lord's garden, all the while collecting trinkets and plants and rocks from the soil. He was fiercely protective of his collection and cared little for his fellow Fae. His plot burned and his hoard was lost, and he became a loner and outcast, eschewing the war. A few centuries ago, he found the tomb, called it home, and started to rebuild his hoard of trinkets. But a swyn* [[24 - Green Lords#**Rhagedn**|Green Lords]] *has forced him out, and he desperately wants his stuff back.*\n\n*I call him \"Thornthumb,\" for the prickly gardener he is. I write him up like so:*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--thornthumb", "title": "THORNTHUMB", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Solitary, small, fae, stealthy, magical, devious\n\nHP 12; ARMOR 5 (resilience, lacks vitals), 1 vs. iron\n\nDAMAGE raking fingers d8 (hand, grabby)\n\nSPECIAL QUALITIES: Fae nature, hollow INSTINCT: to acquire\n\n- > Blend into the terrain\n- > Filch something\n- > Get help from nearby plants/ trees\n- > Hide something in his body\n\n1=", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--fae-domains", "title": "Fae domains", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Fae domains are hidden realities, existing between the physical and spirit worlds, touching and overlapping both but part of neither. Some are tiny, intimate, cozy. Others are vast and grand.\n\nNot every place where a Fae dwells is truly a domain. Plenty of Fae squat in ruins or caves or hollow trees, perhaps spruced up with glamour but fully in this world. Domains are different, set apart.\n\nTo create a Fae domain, start with the real-world terrain it borders or overlaps with. Most are found in the Great Wood [[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|The Great Wood]], in the Foothills [[16 - The Foothills|The Foothills]], or in Ferrier's Fen [[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier’s Fen]]; those in the Fen are often corrupted [[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|The Things Below]]. Many are part of Green Lord ruins [[24 - Green Lords#Ruins|Ruins]].\n\nOnce the real-world terrain is established, pick or roll for its entrance . Interpret the result in light of where it's found.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d6-entrance", "title": "1d6 entrance", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "- 1 A shimmer, a feeling, little more\n- 2 Megalith(s)/a waystone [[53 - Waystones|Waystones]]\n- 3 A door/gate/opening, natural or made, literal or just an impression\n- 4 A ring of toadstools or some other distinctive pattern of flora (perhaps [[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#**Useful or valuable flora**|useful or valuable]])\n- 5 A path/a climb/a descent/a fall\n- 6 Only active at certain times (in moonlight, at sunset, in winter, etc.) and roll again\n\nIf an entrance in the Great Wood is at least 10 years old, it's likely to be marked by Forest Folk glyphs [[17 - Forest Folk#**Hooks**|Forest Folk]].\n\nFor the domain itself, pick or roll for a theme [[12 - Fae#1d6 entrance|Fae]], the domain's original purpose , the anchor that maintains it, and 1-2 elements . Maybe roll 1d6 to inform its size and scale.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d6-purpose", "title": "1d6 purpose", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "- 1 Containment: to imprison/preserve\n- 2 Habitat: where Fae live/work/play\n- 3 Community: a place to gather, trade, gossip, show off, travel\n- 4 Status: a monument, a place to impose, someone showing off\n- 5 Creativity: an expression, an exploration, a work of art\n- 6 Pleasure: a paradise, a retreat, a false afterlife, a playground\n\n- 2 The instinct or intent of multiple Fae, dwelling (trapped?) within\n- 3 A shard of power left by a powerful Fae, buried or hidden away\n- 4 One or more Fae, bound/inert, their essence sunk into the domain\n- 5 Rune-carved stone infused with Fae power, a work of the Green Lords\n- 6 Roll again, but it's failing, fickle, unstable, possibly abandoned\n\n**1d6** element\n\n- 1 Exit(s) to **[[53 - Waystones#Waystones|Fae paths]]** or far-off place(s) in the world\n- 2 Surreal landscapes: a forest cave, an underwater kingdom, a castle in the clouds, a tiny place made large, a mundane place made giant, etc.\n- 3 \"Civilized\" things, out of place: a feast hall in a mire, a house carved from a tree, a library in a cave, etc.\n- 4 A real place, plucked from the world and the passing of time\n- 5 A vast and shifting place, easy to get lost in, always something new\n- 6 Decay/squalor/disorder, perhaps hidden by glamour or illusion\n\nPopulate the domain with Fae and other inhabitants that make sense. Also fill it with **[[12 - Fae#Artifacts|artifacts]]**, and any domain **[[12 - Fae#Dangers|hazards]]** that make sense. **[[12 - Fae#**Fluid time**|Time dilation]]** is a particular concern to mortal visitors!\n\n*The PCs are exploring a Green Lord's tomb, approaching the burial vault in which the mummified Maker lies. Its spirit lingers on in a Fae domain.* \n\n*The terrain is established (the inside of the tomb). I choose a \"door/gate/opening\" for the entrance and the purpose is clearly \"pleasure… a false afterlife.\" I roll a 5 for theme (\"promises, deals, and loopholes…\") and a 5 for the anchor (\"rune-covered stone\"). For elements, I get 6 (\"decay/squalor/disorder\") and 5 (\"a vast and shifting place\").* \n\n*The theme and elements prompt me to rethink the anchor. The domain is barely maintained by despondent Fae servants, bound by ancient oaths. An endless series of dusty halls, rooms and feral gardens, full of discarded wealth and surly Fae avoiding their master. The Green Lord's soul swings from boredom to manic fits, during which whatever Fae is at hand conjures threadbare glamours of the Green Lord's half-remembered deeds. An eternal paradise, indeed.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--entering-domains", "title": "Entering domains", "level": 3, "path": [ "Injury", "1d6 purpose" ], "body": "Some entrances work only at particular times: under a full moon, during winter, at sunrise or sunset, etc. This holds true for both Fae and mortal alike.\n\nOtherwise, Fae can freely use the entrance of most domains, like you or I might open a door. For mortals, it's more involved.\n\n**Something interesting:** A mortal might blunder into a Fae domain by accident, or follow a guide, or be drawn into one by a mischievous or malevolent Fae. Or they might fall asleep near an entrance and visit the domain in their dreams. Iron or steel might protect you, or not; you might just find that all your iron was left behind in the world.\n\n**Something useful:** To enter a Fae domain on purpose, you must leave behind all iron and steel, plus one of the following:\n\n- Follow the footsteps of a Fae guide\n- Addle (open?) your mind with drugs/ alcohol/madness/intense emotion/etc.\n- Have Fae blood in your veins\n- Be able to see through Fae magic and glamours, via **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A small, strange book fragile|Old Mother's Wine]]** or a similar effect", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--locked-entrances", "title": "Locked entrances", "level": 4, "path": [ "Injury", "1d6 purpose", "Entering domains" ], "body": "Some entrances have special requirements to open them, for both Fae and mortal alike. These requirements might involve…\n\n- … singing/reciting/inscribing the proper words;\n- … doing something dangerous, without flinching (like running at the wall);\n- … doing something daft (like spinning 'til you fall);\n- … paying the toll (a secret, a story, a thing of beauty, a promise, etc.);\n- … convincing the guardians to let you in;\n- … some variation or combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\nThe residents of a domain might ignore the requirements of a locked entrance; the creator of a domain almost certainly can.\n\n*I think my Green Lord's afterlife must certainly be locked. I imagine a grand archway with a pair of powerful Fae guardians watching over it, demanding a toll: none can enter without giving an oath of good behavior.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--fae-domain-hazards", "title": "Fae domain hazards", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "- Enchanting, entrancing beauty\n- Time passing unnoticed\n- Dramatic, rugged, strange landscapes\n- Things changing when they look away\n- Getting lost\n- Capricious weather\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|Elemental spirits]]**, awake and active and full of opinions\n- **[[12 - Fae#Illusions and glamours|Illusions and glamours]]**\n- Not being able or allowed to leave", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--fluid-time", "title": "Fluid time", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Time passes strangely in Fae domains, when it passes at all. Upon returning to the world, one might find that no time has passed, or that time has passed normally, or that they've lost days, weeks, months, or years. Tales tell of folk returning to the world centuries later and crumbling into dust, but those are just tales. Right?\n\nLost time most often afflicts those who:\n\n- Eat Fae food or drink Fae drink\n- Fall asleep\n- Lose themselves to revels, work, etc.\n- Insult/become indebted to the locals\n- Disrupt a place held in stasis\n\nThreaten PCs with lost time, for sure. Use it to explain the absence of PCs whose players have to miss some sessions. But don't have the PCs lose years or decades unless you—and your players—really want to shake up your game.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--some-fae-domains", "title": "Some Fae domains", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "- A little door in a rocky outcrop, leading to a dying crystal city of tiny Fae and their talking vole subjects.\n- A natural arch of hawthorne trees. Beyond: a tree-lined hall, a runecarved hearth, endless drink & dance.\n- A knot in a large dead tree. One must recite a certain poem to enter. Inside is a crowded theater, where callous Fae call up long-dead shades to play out their mortal dramas.\n- A **[[53 - Waystones#Waystones|waystone]]** in the mire. A crossroad of many Fae paths, oftused but one must pay a toll of beauty to the wretched troll who guards it.\n- A wide stream. Fall face-first into it and enter a watery, dreamlike realm. A catfish-like Fae arranges stones, treasures, and lost memories into a beautiful, ever-shifting mosaic.\n- A circle of menhirs, entwined in thorns. Can only be entered in moonlight. Inside, all the stones but one are revealed to be **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**, bound in agony.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--the-wandering-market", "title": "The Wandering Market", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Little ties the Fae together, except for a desire to show off. And for that, they need an audience. A place to meet and gather. A place to trade stories and wonders and lies. They need the Wandering Market.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--questions-2", "title": "Questions", "level": 4, "path": [ "Injury", "The Wandering Market" ], "body": "- According to tales, when does the Wandering Market convene?\n- If you could purchase any treasure from the Fae, one wondrous thing, what would it be?\n- What is your single most treasured possession? Why do you value it so?\n- Who among you is most beautiful? Has the best singing voice? Dances the finest? Makes the best food?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--getting-there", "title": "Getting there", "level": 4, "path": [ "Injury", "The Wandering Market" ], "body": "The Wandering Market is a **[[12 - Fae#**Getting there**|Fae domain]]**, made anew by a different host each time it convenes.\n\nTo find the market, one must know when it is happening and find an entrance. The entrances are many, but different each time. Any Fae knows where the nearest entrance lies—pick or roll for the terrain near which it is found [[23 - The Great Wood#. steading improvement .|The Great Wood]] for the **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Questions**|Great Wood]]**, for **Ferrier's Fen**), and pick some whimsical requirement such as:\n\n- Climb the seventh alder tree you find; it's up there\n- Blindfold yourself; follow the bird who calls your name\n- Lay a path of stones into the hollow of a tree; walk the path at sundown\n- Go to sleep in a patch of bluebells, and visit the market in your dreams", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 4, "path": [ "Injury", "The Wandering Market" ], "body": "- Sensory overload: crowds and barkers, silks and spices, perfumes, feathers and flowers, leering inhuman faces\n- Wonders for sale: distilled friendship, liquid silence, crystalline sorrow, etc.\n- Snide comments about how this Market pales to previous ones\n- Squeals of delight at your smile, your wry comment, your whistled tune\n- How long have you been here, again?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--chance-encounters", "title": "Chance encounters", "level": 4, "path": [ "Injury", "The Wandering Market" ], "body": "Pick or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d12-encounter", "title": "1d12 encounter", "level": 3, "path": [ "Injury", "The Wandering Market" ], "body": "- 1 A Fae in mismatched finery, selling stolen wares; rejects all offers\n- 2 One Fae savagely beating a servant; not a single eyebrow raised\n- 3 A kindly green fruit-seller implores the PCs to \"sample\" his wares\n- 4 A troupe's bedazzling performance: fireworks, illusions, bored onlookers\n- 5 A crone selling fine futures, fates altered, prophecies (re)written\n- 6 A hand (paw?) on your purse, deftly attempting to \"trade\"\n- 7 A tiny sub-market, in a beehive or a stump; astir with bug-sized Fae\n- 8 A scandalous, sensual revel in the street; stepped around by most\n- 9 Talking beasts, glum Fae, holloweyed children, collared and chained\n- 10 An insult; a challenge shouted; a crowd gathering to watch\n- 11 Whispers and fuss as one of the **[[12 - Fae#The Four Chieftains|Four Chieftains]]** pass by\n- 12 The host's pavilion, thematic and grand, teeming with politics", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--moves", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--treasure-hunt", "title": "TREASURE HUNT", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "When you *scour the Wandering Market for a solution*, say what problem you're hoping to solve and roll +CHA: **on a 7+**, you find someone offering just the thing, and can Haggle for it. But before you do, **on a 10+**, you must first pick 1; **on a 7-9**, you must first pick 3:\n\n- Someone else is trying to buy it (or pretending to); you must Haggle with disadvantage\n- It's not actually a solution itself, but rather a way to acquire one\n- It's cursed, stolen, or otherwise dangerous to use or possess\n- To even find it, you've put yourself in some Fae's debt", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--haggle", "title": "HAGGLE", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "When you *dicker with a Fae* (anywhere, not just in the Wandering Market), roll +WIS. Roll with advantage if they like you, and disadvantage if they wish you ill. **On a 12+**, it costs but a pittance; **on a 10-11**, pick 1; **on a 7-9**, pick 2; **on a 6-**, pick 3:\n\n- The price is Value 2, at least\n- The price is irreplaceable, cherished, heartbreaking to lose\n- The price is not truly yours to pay\n- It involves a promise, condition, or obligation, sure to cause trouble\n- You end up beholden to them\n\nWhatever the price, you've either agreed to it or you've insulted the Fae and the deal is off. Work together to figure out exactly what happened. Reneging on the deal is certain to insult the Fae and/or put you in their **[[12 - Fae#Debts and promises|debt]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--trade-opportunities", "title": ". trade opportunities .", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "If the PCs get a trade opportunity (from the Seasons Change move), the Fae might offer the following. The PCs still need to Haggle for it, though!\n\n- An impossible task, like a whole season's worth of work done in a night\n- A secret, a memory, an answer to a mystery, help with a sticky problem, etc.\n- Fantastical trade goods (Value 2 or 3): cloth-of-clouds, mead brewed from dreams, dyes of glamour, etc.\n- A **[[12 - Fae#Artifacts|Fae artifact]]**\n- An artifact of the **[[24 - Green Lords#**Artifacts**|Green Lords]]**, the **[[17 - Forest Folk#**Artifacts**|Forest Folk]]**, the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Artifacts|spirits of the wild]]**, or perhaps the **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|Things Below]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 3, "path": [ "Injury", ". trade opportunities ." ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 3, "path": [ "Injury", ". trade opportunities ." ], "body": "- A spinning wheel from your youth (how do you know?) that was lost in a fire (*cumbersome*, Value 0)\n- 2d4 vials of misty liquid, each filled with a poignant memory (*fragile*, Value 1 to the right buyer)\n- A little jar of honeyed words; grants advantage to your next roll that relies on eloquence (*fragile*, Value 1)\n- 12 beeswax candles, their scent pleasing to the spirits of plants, trees, and bugs (~1 hour, *close*, Value 1)\n- A silver mirror (*beautiful*, Value 2); reflects how you see yourself\n- A necklace of broken promises (*fragile*, Value 2 to the right buyer)\n- A few bolts of linen, dyed the color of rain (*immobile*, *beautiful*, Value 2)\n- A glass orb, full of swirling mists and infinite depth; fills the heart with cathartic, yearning sorrow (*fragile*, *beautiful*, Value 3)\n- A bronze ring with an emerald the size of an acorn; its wearer ages not, but the years catch up all at once if removed (*beautiful*, *magical*, Value 4)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--moonlight-raiment", "title": "Moonlight raiment", "level": 3, "path": [ "Injury", ". trade opportunities ." ], "body": "*magical*, *beautiful*, *fragile*\n\nA gossamer robe, a joy against your skin. When you *wear the raiment in dim light*, you become more pleasing to the eye. If normally ugly, you become plain. If plain, you become beautiful. If beautiful, you become luminous, breathtaking, magnificent.\n\nAlas, when *the moonlight raiment is soiled or torn while you wear it*, mark a debility. The debility cannot be cleared until the raiment is cleaned or repaired using Fae magic, or you burn it away into silvery ash.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--a-pot-of-gold", "title": "A pot of \"gold\"", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nA small bronze cauldron, full of glittering coins. At least, that's what it seems.\n\nWhen you *fill the pot with small, natural items (leaves, stones, acorns, etc.) and hide it from light for a season*, the contents are glamoured to become a purse of gold (Value 4).\n\nAny \"coins\" removed from the pot revert to their true form when…\n\n- … an honest merchant touches them;\n- … their current owner tells a lie;\n- … someone sees through the glamour;\n- … something dispels the glamour; or\n- … the new moon comes and goes", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--the-red-pennant", "title": "The Red Pennant", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": ", *magical*, Blood lll\n\nA woolen flag hanging from a crossbar at the end of a sturdy long spear. It's tattered, crimson, with a crudely embroidered boot for a device. It hangs heavy. Like it's wet.\n\nWhen you *fly the Red Pennant in battle*, all who fight on your side feel bloodlust boil within them. Hold 3 Blood. While the battle rages, you can spend Blood 1-for-1 to will your allies to:\n\n- Rush forward, driving back their foes\n- Hold fast, making their foes pay for every inch\n- Fight savagely, giving no quarter\n\nIf spending Blood results in you Ordering Followers or Deploying, or another PC Clashing, the roll has advantage. Each time you spend Blood, those affected gain some small, animalistic or stony trait (little horns, weird eyes, crag-like wrinkles, etc.).\n\nWhen you *spend the last Blood or the battle ends*, the Red Pennant's color fades and a few (~1 in 6) of those manifested traits will linger, especially in those who fought hardest. It will not function again until you soak it in the blood of fallen foes.\n\nThis is the battle standard of the **[[12 - Fae#**Blush-of-Dawn**|Bloody Boots]]**, their most sacred relic. Don't expect them to just let it go.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--a-sturdy-banded-box", "title": "A sturdy, banded box", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\n6\" by 4\" by 3\", made of thick rowan wood and banded with bronze. It's not much to look at. It slips easily from one's mind.\n\nWhen you *let a drop of your blood fall into the empty chest*, name a promise you have made, an oath you have given, or a debt that you owe. Your blood becomes a bead of lead as it falls into the chest, and the promise, oath, or debt holds no power over you as long as the chest is sealed.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "Pick 1 or roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A small, strange book fragile|A small, strange book]]**\n\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Goldleaf Cloak|A giant oak leaf]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A humble broom|A redwood basin]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A humble broom|A humble broom]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A treasure map|A stone idol]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A treasure map|A treasure map]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 3, "path": [ "Injury", "Dangers" ], "body": "- Offending/insulting a Fae\n- Ending up in their debt\n- Making a promise, honestly or not\n- Drawing their attention, becoming an object of their obsessions\n- Stumbling into a Fae domain", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--related-entities", "title": "Related entities", "level": 4, "path": [ "Injury", "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]**, quite possibly at some Fae's beck and call\n- Any of the dangerous beasts who dwell in the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**\n- **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|Crinwin]]**, enchanted or manipulated or deceived\n- Perhaps the **[[35 - The Pale Hunter#The Pale Hunter|Pale Hunter]]**, who might be a Fae himself\n- **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Construct**|Stone Lord constructs]]**, left over from the war\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** of mortals who died in their thrall\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Shades]]** of Green Lords that they've called up to torment\n- **[[09 - Danu, the Earth Mother#**Danu**|Danu's blessed]]**, some of whom will gladly deal with the Fae", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--auntie-sallow", "title": "Auntie Sallow", "level": 4, "path": [ "Injury", "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *fae*, *magical*, *stealthy*, *corrupted*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 1 vs. iron (bark) **Damage** choking fingers/tendrils d10+1 (*hand*, *close*, *reach*, *grabby*)\n\n**[[12 - Fae#Magic and the Fae|Special qualities Fae nature]]**; takes +1d4 damage from bronze; leaches color from surroundings; knows whatever her moths know\n\n**Instinct** to \"protect\" beauty and innocence\n\n- ^ä Disperse into an eclipse of moths\n- ^ä Find someone needing her \"help\"\n- ^ä Show them their fears/nightmares\n- ^ä Lure/drag them back to her home\n- ^ä Bury them in the cool safe mud, forever\n\nShe appears out of the shadows, when the fear rises up to take you. Tall and grim and looming, draped in willow branches, moths flitting all about. She reaches out a bony hand. \"Hush dear,\" she whispers. \"Hush. Auntie Sallow is here to help.\"\n\nShe was beautiful, once. The minder of a sacred grove. A place of clean water, butterflies, and bees. But then came war. Fire and poison and the sundering of earth. Schemes and lies. Grief and endless pain.\n\n'Twas in grief that **[[46 - The Things Below#**L'bin'bozia, Flesh-Candle, the Wax Skull, Roiling Tomb**|L'bin'bozia]]** found her. Gave her the strength to help. To find the innocent who suffered, the beautiful in despair. To offer succor, and the safety of her master's cool embrace.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--the-bear-of-winter", "title": "The Bear of Winter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *huge*, *fae*, *magical*, *hoarder*, *devious*, *fierce*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 26; **Armor** 5 (resilience, ice), 2 vs. iron (hide, ice)\n\n**Damage** bite or maul d12+5 (*close*, *hand*, *reach*, *forceful*, *grabby*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**[[12 - Fae#Magic and the Fae|Special qualities Fae nature]]**; immune to cold; aura of wintry weather, matching his mood\n\n**Instinct** to protect his status and holdings\n\n- ^ä Weave ice and snow, glamours and illusions, entire Fae domains\n- ^ä Send a minion (spirit, beast, or indebted Fae) to do his bidding\n- ^ä Wield the wintry elements\n- ^ä Take the form of a scarred old man or a storm of sleet and snow\n- ^ä Make use of a forgotten artifact\n\nWhen winter snows blanket the Great Wood, the Bear roams the land. He's most often met as a great and snuffling beast, big as a house, icicles clinging to his fur. His retinue follows: nervously, discretely, waiting upon his call. He visits the many Fae who owe him favors and those who have pledged him their support. None are happy to see him. None dare turn him away.\n\nThe Bear, you see, is among the most powerful of the Fae. Snapped his own master's neck. Gobbled down its corpse. He freed hundreds of Fae from servitude. He leveraged the debts they owed him to become something of a feudal lord.\n\nThe Bear's domain is a great cave, full of hoarded riches and slinking servants. It has many entrances and exits, each leading to a different cave mouth in the world, but only when that cave mouth is surrounded by drifts of snow.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--the-four-chieftains", "title": "The Four Chieftains", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "The chieftains are among the most powerful of the Fae, personally and politically. The Bear of Winter is one of them. The others might include:\n\n- **The Warbler**, who dwells in the springtime canopy and fills the world with song. An incorrigible gossip, who pretends to be a fool. Often goes incognito. Extremely well-informed.\n- **The Crowned Stag**, who troops through deep summer woods with their court and hangers-on. Beautiful, proud, dashing, and noble. Lusty, too, and prone to fall in love.\n- **Longshadow**, a stately old tree-wife, bare of leaves. Found brooding in the autumn forest, attended by skittish minions. Speaks prophecy, lays subtle plans. Knows that the war isn't over.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--blush-of-dawn", "title": "Blush-of-Dawn", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *fae*, *magical*, *beautiful*, *passionate* **HP** 12; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. iron **Damage** fiery touch d8 w/disadvantage (*hand*)\n\n**[[12 - Fae#Magic and the Fae|Special qualities Fae nature]]**; radiant\n\n**Instinct** to be adored\n\n- ^ä Sing a song to stir the blood\n- ^ä Inspire passion/jealousy/devotion\n- ^ä Steal away into their Fae domain, perhaps with a new prize in tow\n- ^ä Set devotees to a task/challenge\n- ^ä Blaze brightly, blind onlookers\n\nThey were the shining jewel in some Green Lord's paradise, the bright beauty of a rising sun made flesh. They were happy and in love. (Or so they thought, for can a being bred to love truly do so?)\n\nThen their master's tomb was plundered by the rebels. Their world was upended. They were bereft, vulnerable, alone and unloved. They had no interest in freedom, only the safe warm surety of other beings' full regard. Fortunately, for them, such adoration was easy to find.\n\nTheir domain is a stately pavilion in a summer glade, forever in that moment just before the dawn. It's filled with fawning victims of their charms: lovers and would-be lovers, abducted children, devotees. And on the outskirts: the castout wretches, those who've lost favor but whose jealous adoration still feeds the Blush-of-Dawn.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--the-bloody-boots", "title": "The Bloody Boots", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "*Group*, *small*, *fae*, *ugly*, *violent* **HP** 12; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 2 vs. iron **Damage** oversized club d8 w/advantage (*close*, *crude*) or iron-shod boots d8+2 w/advantage (*hand*, *forceful*)\n\n**[[12 - Fae#Magic and the Fae|Special qualities Fae nature]]**; tolerates iron; can't start violence **Instinct** to brawl, the nastier the better\n\n- ^ä Insult, mock, heap abuse\n - ^ä Get in your face, dare you\n - ^ä Leverage their unlikely strength\n- ^ä Stomp someone who's down (*messy*)\n\nA gang of hoodlums, with names like Hobnail, Spitkicker, Big Thunk, Tusk, and Grub. Short, squat, brutes with lopsided limbs, mismatched parts, and craggy skin. They stomp about in oversized, iron-shod boots, delighting in the disgust of other Fae.\n\nBack in the day, they quarried stone for their masters. Didn't even mind it much. But given the chance to fight and brawl and spill all the blood they could, well, no need to ask them twice. The Bloody Boots were among the most feared and storied troops of the war. First into the fray and dyeing their **[[12 - Fae#**The Bloody Boots**|Red Pennant]]** in the blood of trodden foes.\n\nAnd after the war? Well, you can't have thugs like them just rampaging about. Some little schemer bought and traded for every debt they ever had, then extracted a promise from each: no starting fights. They can finish a fight that someone else starts, and, oh, will they enjoy it. But just about every Fae still living knows better than to give them that chance.\n\n*Solitary*, *small*, *fae*, *magical*, *tough*, *stealthy*, *cautious*, *ugly*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 1 vs. iron (thick fur)\n\n**Damage** crushing grip d10+2 (*hand*, *grabby*, *forceful*)\n\n**[[12 - Fae#Magic and the Fae|Special qualities Fae nature]]** **Instinct** to fill the emptiness inside\n\n^ä Stalk a mortal, curious and lonely\n\n- ^ä Offer aid, in exchange for company\n- ^ä Perform an impossible labor\n- ^ä Grow when angered: +*large*, +4 HP,\n\nHe dwells in a cave full of smoke and bones, tending his stew pot and stewing. He might venture out to fetch firewood, water, or meat. And when he's out, he might cross paths with a mortal. In his loneliness, he might forget just how poorly things went last time.\n\nWhen you **Haggle** with Grimstew [[12 - Fae#HAGGLE|Haggle]], you can't pick either of the first two options. He wants company, not things.\n\n**Fae**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--hollow-fae", "title": "Hollow Fae", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *fae*, *undead*, *confused*, *terrifying*, see below\n\n**HP** 19; **Armor** 5 (resilience, lacks vitals), 1 vs. black iron\n\n**Damage** life-drain d10 (*hand*, *close*, *area*, ignores armor)\n\n**Special qualities** senses life; surrounded by inert death and ash; can be truly destroyed only by black iron\n\n**Instinct** to consume life-force\n\n- ^ä Moan, filling all with dread\n- ^ä Tear apart Fae magic\n- ^ä Pause in confusion when confronted with who it once was\n- ^ä Open wide, drink in the vitality of the living (inflicting debilities)\n\nA Fae wounded by **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]** will pray for death. For to survive such a wound is a curse. They grow weak, then confused, then hungry. Soon, they become a walking husk, surrounded by death, inhaling any source of life they find.\n\nHollow Fae are no longer vulnerable to mere iron or steel. Debts and promises no longer bind them. They will tear their way free of any Fae domain. Only black iron can destroy them, and what living Fae would be fool enough to try?\n\nWhen faced with such a terror, most Fae choose to flee. A few might be so clever as to trap it in some forgotten tomb. But the cleverest, oh, the cleverest… they find some fool mortal to handle the problem for them.\n\nA *large* Hollow Fae is tougher than shown above: 23 HP and +1 damage, +*reach*. A *huge* one is tougher still, with 27 HP, +3 damage, and +*reach*.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--wee-folk", "title": "Wee folk", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "*Horde*, *tiny*, *fae*, *magical*, *stealthy*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 1; **Armor** 6 (resilience, size, speed), 2 vs. iron\n\n**Damage** stings/darts d6-2 (*hand* or *reach*) **[[12 - Fae#Magic and the Fae|Special qualities Fae nature]]**\n\n- ^ä Dart about on agile wings\n- ^ä Blend in, watch unseen\n- ^ä Weave illusions to dissuade, distract, or confound\n\n**Guardian instinct** to guard against old evil\n\n- ^ä Cause slumber with their darts\n- ^ä Make a brave, defiant stand\n\n**Worker instinct** to prepare for lean times\n\n- ^ä Accomplish great feats, together\n- ^ä Swarm a threat\n\n**Hooligan instinct** to amuse themselves at the expense of others\n\n- ^ä Rile up beasts or spirits\n- ^ä Play pranks\n\nTiny little things, winged and fluttering, the size of mice or dragonflies. Weird little things, too: mishmashes of fur and feather, scales and chitin, gossamer and wings. Beautiful, cute, or grotesque.\n\nSome lived together under the Green Lords' rule, others came together after the war. A surprising number were born into freedom, unburdened by their elders' scars.\n\nYou might find them keeping watch over some corrupted site or crumbling Green Lord ruin. Or you might come across one of their teeming cities, hidden in a burrow or a hollowed-out ancient tree. Or, if you're unlucky, you might encounter a gang of them out roaming the woods or fen, bored and cruel and looking for sport, and you'd be just the thing.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "12-fae--the-white-billies", "title": "The White Billies", "level": 2, "path": [ "Injury" ], "body": "*Horde*, *fae*, *athletic*, *raucous* **HP** 7; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. iron **Damage** headbutt d6+2 (*hand*, *forceful*) **[[12 - Fae#Magic and the Fae|Special qualities Fae nature]]** **Instinct** to suppress their grief\n\n- ^ä Drag someone into their revels\n- ^ä Get huffy if refused\n- ^ä Lash out if forced to face the past\n\nMuscular folk with cloven hooves, birchwhite fur, and horns in every size and shape. They seem so happy, their endless days spent dancing and singing, drinking and rutting, indulging in good-natured brawls.\n\nBut when you look closer, you see the scars. You see the missing limbs, the broken horns. You see, briefly, the eyes so full of pain. But, no, no, it's gone. Another dance! Another round! Another bawdy song!\n\nWhen you *join the White Billies in their revels*, lose 1d6 HP, mark a debility, and roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you keep your wits about you and learn something useful; **on a 7-9**, you regain your wits later, drunk and exhausted (mark another debility), with some new excess about to start; **on a 6-**, mark another debility and pick 1:\n\n- You've upset them; real violence is imminent\n- You come to later, alone, and who knows how long it's been\n- You're enthralled, reveling endlessly until someone rescues you", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen", "title": "Ferrier's Fen", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Ferrier's Fen lies between the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**, the **[[42 - The Steplands#Spring|Steplands]]**, and the **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|North Manmarch]]**. It's a huge wetland, 100 miles wide, 50 miles north to south, fed by the **[[44 - The Stream#The Stream|Stream]]** the Sruth near **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**, and many smaller creeks. It's a maze of firm ground, stagnant pools, shallow streams, and plunging drops into deep deep water. And mud. So much mud.\n\nLong ago, this area was the cradle of **the Green Lords'** civilization [[24 - Green Lords#Names|Names]]. But when their servants rebelled and the Green Lords embraced the**[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**, the other **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]** collapsed the region and shattered the Green Lords' civilization. It's still a broken place, oozing with old magic and corruption.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ferrier's Fen" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--always", "title": "Always", "level": 4, "path": [ "Ferrier's Fen", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Willow trees leaning over water\n- Chunks of stone ruins, jutting from the mud\n- Wobble and shake of peat bogs underfoot\n- Sulphur smell of stagnant water and rot\n- Some mundane thing but shockingly wrong: a tree with weeping eyes, a three-faced rabbit, a snake with stumpy legs, a deer with a fawn growing from its side, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--spring", "title": "Spring", "level": 3, "path": [ "Ferrier's Fen", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Dead brown mixed with pale green mixed with bright-colored flowers\n- Squelch of mud, the shocking wet cold, its jealous grip on your feet\n- Boisterous, rhythmic calls of frogs and toads\n- Thick fog, muffling everything, shrinking the world\n\n- Flies and midges, buzzing at your ears, nose, eyes, mouth\n- Press and rustle and scrape of grass, sedge, and rush\n- Butterflies and moths in every hue and shape; fireflies like the stars at night\n- Baking heat, cloying air, sweat rolling off of you\n\n- Yellow, brown, and gold of dying plants below; dead slate of skies above\n- That smell of rot, just overwhelming now\n- Flocks of water fowl, their harsh honking, flying in great Vs overhead", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 4, "path": [ "Ferrier's Fen", "Impressions", "Spring" ], "body": "- Dead grass poking through a blanket of snow\n- A quiet calm\n- Gurgle and trickle of unseen water\n- Crack and lurch as you put your weight on thin ice", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--exploring-the-fen", "title": "Exploring the Fen", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ferrier's Fen" ], "body": "Ferrier's Fen holds much of value, but it's a shifting, treacherous place.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--chart-a-course", "title": "Chart a Course", "level": 4, "path": [ "Ferrier's Fen", "Exploring the Fen" ], "body": "On any expedition into Ferrier's Fen:\n\n- Choose 1:\n - You need to bring a pouch of bendis root (Value 1 in Marshedge) per day, burnt constantly\n - The way will be perilous, filled with dangers\n- You need a knowledgeable guide, like a **fen-walker** (next column)\n- You risk getting lost nonetheless\n- The terrain itself is treacherous; you risk injury along the way\n- The way will be grueling; you risk exhausting yourselves/your resources\n- You risk contracting **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Fen blight**|fen blight]]**\n- You risk drawing the attention of the suarachan (except in winter)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--fen-walker", "title": "Fen-walker", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ferrier's Fen" ], "body": "*Fen-wise*, *cautious*, *stealthy*, *observant* (and see below)\n\n**HP** 8; **Armor** 1 (leather cuirass) **Damage** knife d8 (*hand*), sling d6 (*near*, *reload*)\n\n- ä Spot/avoid a hidden hazard\n- ä Berate outsiders for carelessness\n- ä Do something gross or unpleasant without flinching", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--alastar", "title": "Alastar", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ferrier's Fen" ], "body": "*exceptional*, *old*, *devious*; **Instinct** to feel no remorse; **Cost** payment in hand.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen-2", "title": "Fiadh", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*curious*, *kind*, *fen-blighted*; **Instinct** to hide his affliction; **Cost** secrets of the Fen.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--riona-prepared-agile-stubborn-instinct-to-assume-the-worst-cost-competence-shown", "title": "Riona prepared, agile, stubborn; Instinct to assume the worst; Cost competence shown.", "level": 4, "path": [ "Fiadh" ], "body": "See also: **People** of Marshedge [[32 - Marshedge#**Names**|Marshedge]].", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fiadh" ], "body": "- What foul beast is said to lurk in the Fen, and why do fools seek it out?\n- Who do you know who was lost to the Fen? What led them out there in the first place?\n- What ritual is said to keep the fen blight at bay?\n- What do you think that the suarachan —those horrid frog-people—do with folks they capture?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen-3", "title": "Hooks", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- A rare orchid can cure a sickness, but it grows only deep in the Fen\n- Waters recede in a drought, revealing previously unknown ruins\n- Suarachan raid the fields of Marshedge, dragging off multiple captives\n- The PCs seek something that only the", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 4, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12). In winter, water and mud might be frozen.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "- 1 Open water, who knows how deep?\n- 2 Shallow pool, pond, or stream\n- 3-4 Mud, muck, sodden soil, standing water\n- 5-6 Peat, sphagnum moss, floating mats\n- 7-8 Grass, reeds, sedges, wildflowers\n- 9 Shrubs and scattered pines\n- 10 Thicket of trees, or one big tree\n- 11 Dead tree(s), fallen log(s)\n- 12 Hummock, hill, rocky outcrop\n\nIf you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "- 1 Change of terrain (previous page) and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 An encounter (next column)\n- 4 Site or artifact of the **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]** likely tainted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**, at least partially buried or submerged\n- 5 Some other point of interest (next column)\n- 6 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--1d6-encounter", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "- 1 A lone **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**The Gliomor**|suarachan]]**, hoping to avoid notice\n- 2 A mutated beast, like a deer with eight legs and five eyes, or a two-headed hare\n- 3 One or more **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]** or **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, curious, indifferent, or forlorn\n- 4 Ample game, but unappetizing crawfish, snails, turtles, frogs, fish, etc.\n- 5 Good game, but prone to bolt deer, hare, water fowl, etc.\n- 6 A **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Fen-walker|fen-walker]]**, possibly in dire straits", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--1d6-point-of-interest", "title": "1d6 point of interest", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "- 1-2 A place corrupted by **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|the Things Below]]**\n- 3 A place **haunted** by death or the undying [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Death and the Undying]]\n- 4 **[[12 - Fae#**Getting there**|Fae domain]]** or **[[53 - Waystones#Waystones|waystone]]**\n- 5 Site sacred to the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**\n- 6 The abode of the **Willow Witches** (next page)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen-4", "title": "The Willow Witches", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Many tales are told of the weird sisters of the Fen. There are always three, but they might be old, young, or middling aged. They might be tall and regal or twisted and gnarled, dignified and poised or feral things rooting through the mud. Sometimes, the tale's hero seeks them out. Other times, they stumble upon the Witch's abode.\n\nAll stories agree that the Willow Witches have what you seek. An answer. An artifact (or knowledge of where to find it). A way to accomplish some impossible deed. Everyone knows that Sianna Ferrier learned the secrets of the Fen from the Witches, allowing Marshedge to be settled.\n\nWhat the tales often fail to mention is: there's always a price. For Sianna Ferrier, the Witches' gifts were costly indeed: a child of her blood, or the blood of those she settled with, to be delivered every seven years.\n\nThe witches are, in truth, a single entity, the inscrutable **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|incarnation]]** of a primordial being of knowledge, fate, costs and consequences, greatly diminished and dwelling in this broken land.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--the-witches-abode", "title": "The Witches' abode", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "The Willow Witches' abode is rarely found in the same place twice, and in every tale, the details are different. Sometimes they dwell in the hollow of a willow tree, the space inside impossibly big. In other tales, it's a crude shack leaning against a tree. In still others, they huddle around a cookfire in a willow's shade, no real shelter to speak of.\n\nThe surest way to find the Witches is to seek out a **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Fen-troll|fen-troll]]** and convince them to guide you. They all know the way, though one should expect mischief.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--mind-your-manners", "title": "Mind your manners", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Willow Witches", "The Witches' abode" ], "body": "The Willow Witches observe the old ways of hospitality. Any who approach peaceably and invoke the guest-right are welcome to eat their food and shelter under their roof (such that it is). The Witches will do no true harm unless the guest first violates the rules of hospitality by…\n\n- … initiating violence;\n- … threatening the Witches or their guests;\n- … stealing; or\n- … insulting the Witches' hospitality.\n\nThe Witches delight in provoking guests: speaking in riddles, asking about shameful secrets, offering disgusting victuals or shabby accommodations, showing glimpses of horrors that are gone when one looks again. The humble, patient, and wise do well. Hot-headed, prideful fools do not.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--the-price", "title": "The price", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "Whatever one asks of the Willow Witches, they require something of similar value. Tailor the price to the character. It's not about what the Willow Witches want or what they'll do with it. It's about sacrifice. It's about what the seeker is asking for, and what it's worth to them.\n\nThe Witches might ask for…", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--a-promise-to-be-fulfilled-now-or-later", "title": "… a promise, to be fulfilled now or later.", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Willow Witches", "The price" ], "body": "Renege, and calamity follows. \"The axiom of local contagion? Such fancy words for so simple a thing. We can teach you, yes, but you must swear to never again open a door without its owner's permission.\"\n\n**Ferrier's Fen**\n\n… **a possession, worth at least as much to the asker as that which they ask for**. \"You seek a weapon against the demon? Ah, yes, the Twisted Spear! We can show you where it lies, take you to it. But what will you give us in return? That mantle you wear, the one with teeth and the hungry ghosts? Give us that.\"\n\n… **something strange, fraught with potential consequence**. \"You seek to appease the anger of the forest? Tsk tsk, its anger cannot be quelled. But you can throw off the scent. Merely chew off your own shadow and let us dispose of it. Hmm? No, of course you can, here, let us show you…\"\n\n… **a personal sacrifice, bloody and visceral**. \"You wish to know what the old runes say? Surely your right eye is a bargain for such wisdom. Or the left. We are not picky.\"\n\n… **a personal sacrifice, something intangible**. Work with the player to change their instinct, swap their stats, or lose one of their moves as a result. \"You seek a way to defeat the King of the North? We can tell you, yes. But it will cost the memories of your father, and the kindness he showed you.\"\n\n… **a sacrifice, but of something not truly theirs to give.** \"You want your eye for beauty back? Hm. You choose the price: your tall friend's kind heart, which you treasure so. Or your parents' love. It's beauty you seek, and like must pay for like, after all.\"\n\nWhatever the PCs ask for, it should be a meaningful decision whether they pay the price. Don't ask for something you know they'll never give up, and don't ask for something they won't miss anyhow.\n\nIf the Witches like someone—if they've been humble, well-mannered, and wise then they'll be clear and upfront about the costs and what they're offering, and maybe suggest another course of action. Otherwise, the Witches will be cagey about the costs and all too willing to let them have something for cheap if they know that it will lead to ruin.\n\n**Willow Witch**\n\n *Group*, *primordial*, *cautious*, *devious*, *organized*, *magical*, *all-wise*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 4 (wards, resilience), 0 vs. black iron\n\n**Damage** gnarled fists and fingers d10+2 w/ disadvantage (*hand*, *forceful*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special Qualities** impossible to deceive or surprise; divide damage taken equally between the three witches (round down)\n\n**Instinct** to enforce the old ways, the old rules\n\n- ä Frustrate, annoy, or provoke someone\n- ä Twist someone's perceptions\n- ä Vanish, be elsewhere\n- ä Turn someone into a swamp creature\n\n**Tip:** use a different voice and different physical position (left, center, right) for each witch, and shift between them as you talk, sometimes mid-sentence.\n\nWhen you *press or entice the Willow Witches into changing their price or altering their deal*, don't roll. They will not be budged; the price is what it is.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--treacherous-terrain", "title": "Treacherous terrain", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Willow Witches", "Dangers" ], "body": "- Quaking bog: wobbly footing, some times thin enough to fall through\n- Deep, sucking mud\n- Slippery footing\n- Thin ice cracking open\n- Fallen logs or furrows hidden by grass or mud\n- Thorns, spines, brambles\n- Venomous snakes, underfoot or hiding in hollows\n- Poisonous plants that cause rashes, blisters\n- Fog and mist, or blanketing snow, obscuring all of the above and worse", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--swarms", "title": "Swarms", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Willow Witches", "Dangers", "Treacherous terrain" ], "body": "- Midges or mosquitos—annoying, distracting, painful, diseased\n- Leeches—clinging to anything that gets in water\n- Starlings—obscuring, drowning out sound, buffeting, possibly possessed by a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Grwgnach|grwgnach]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--disease", "title": "Disease", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Willow Witches", "Dangers", "Treacherous terrain" ], "body": "Sickness can come from bad water, bad air, tainted food, and blood-sucking vermin. It's especially risky to have open wounds—in these conditions, it's all too easy for them to go rotten.\n\n- ^ä Show that they've been exposed/infected\n- ^ä Hit them with minor symptoms (mark *miserable*)\n- ^ä Have symptoms worsen (mark another debility)\n- ^ä Deny them rest\n\nThe best treatment for disease is rest, clean food, water, and air, and treatment with the proper herbs. Someone who pushes on through serious symptoms is likely Defying Danger (the danger that being that they get worse, or suffer complications).\n\nTo name a disease, or describe its symptoms, mix and match 2-3 of the following:\n\nague, angry, black, blisters, blood, blue, boils, breath, burning, chills, cold, cough, cramps, crows, dry, eye(s), festering, fever, fingers, fluttering, flux, foot, itching, lung, midge, milky, mouth, muddy, oozing, phlegm, pickled, pink, pox, rash, retching, rot, running, runs, scalp, shakes, shivers, skin, snot, sores, spit, spots, sweats, tears, tick, toad, toes, tongue, tremor, trots, warts, weed, weeping, welts, wet, wheezing, wound, yellow\n\nConsider rolling the Die of Fate to see how serious the symptoms are and how hard the disease is to treat.\n\n**Something interesting:** You know what this disease is called, its symptoms and typical course, maybe even what causes it. **Something useful:** You know how best to treat it, what herbs to use and where they might be found.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--fen-blight", "title": "Fen blight", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "**Instinct** to strip away its victim's humanity\n\nThose who spend significant time in Ferrier's Fen might find themselves… changed. Marshedgers tell many tales about what causes the blight, and what will protect from it, but even the most careful fen-walker will sometimes start to feel the changes.\n\nl Little things, easy enough to hide, like warty skin, thinning hair, fetid odor, a lengthening tongue, a taste for bugs and snails\n\nl More pronounced changes, growing appetite, jealousy, a fear of being discovered\n\nl Growth spurts, increased strength, more obvious mutations, resentment towards the unafflicted\n\nl Difficulty with language, unending hunger, paranoia, urge to hide from sight l **Impending doom:** Transformation into a **fen-troll** (right)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "- Beasts from the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**, often mutated\n- **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, especially those who delight in ugliness and misfortune\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]**\n- **Green Lord** remnants [[24 - Green Lords#Names|Names]], especially chimerae and hazardous growth\n- **[[24 - Green Lords#The Unquiet Dead|Llamudwr]]**\n- Spirits or beasts **corrupted** by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** of those who died here, lost and alone\n- A rotting **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Shade**|pyped]]**, living on carrion and bog-bodies", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--fen-troll", "title": "Fen-troll", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *corrupted*, *hoarder*, *gluttonous*, *stealthy*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 1 (thick hide)\n\n**Damage** bone-snapping grip d10+3 (*hand*, *close*, *grabby*, *forceful*), rending maw d10+3 (*hand*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** sharp senses, horrid odor, ashamed of its visage\n\n**Instinct** to fill its belly and jealously guard its hoard\n\n- ^ä Approach a victim from cover of dark, or fog, or murky water\n- ä Demand treasure to let them pass unharmed\n- ä Probably try to eat them anyway\n\nThey were human once, corrupted by the Fen and the foul forces flowing through it. Little remains of that humanity, though: a rough shape, half-forgotten words, a terrible anger at what it has lost.\n\nThey prize finery and mundane goods, anything that reminds them of their former life. Even more, they long for human connection. But hunger, shame, and greed usually lead them to lash out at any who show them kindness.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--the-gliomor", "title": "The Gliomor", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *cautious*, *terrifying*, *ancient*\n\n**HP** 22; **Armor** 3 (carapace)\n\n**Damage** smaller claw d12+3 (*reach*, *grabby*), bigger claw d12+5 with advantage (*reach*, *forceful*, *messy*, 3 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** heals injuries in a few hours, regenerates limbs in a few days\n\n- **Instinct** to eat pretty much anything ^ä Poke its eyestalks out of the water or above grass\n - ^ä Burst into view, making the mind reel with horror\n - ^ä Scuttle back quickly, to escape danger or to drag off prey\n - ^ä Spew forth a cloud of sickening, blinding, corrosive goo: d8 damage (*area*, *close*)\n\nAn enormous albino crayfish, older than the Fen itself. If you encounter it, pray it's not hungry. But fat chance of that.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--snaplilies", "title": "Snaplilies", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "**Damage** snapping \"jaws\" 1d4 (*hand*, *grabby*) **Instinct** to latch on and drag down\n\n- ^ä Blend in with a field of lily pads\n- ^ä Snap shut on a frog or bird, disappearing before anyone sees\n- ^ä Snap tight on a limb, yank down\n- ^ä SNAP SNAP SNAP on someone who trips and falls among them: 1d8 damage w/advantage (*grabby*, *messy*)\n\nThey blend right in, really. But when anything bigger'n a bug lands on one, SNAP, just like a bear trap, the vine contracting and pulling prey underwater. It's a lethal trap for a small creature. For a human? Just a painful mistake. Unless you panic, of course, or flail, or trip. So just, you know, stay calm.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--suarachan-hunters", "title": "Suarachan hunters", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "*Group*, *stealthy*, *cautious*, *organized*, *amphibious*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 1 (scaly hide)\n\n**Damage** cudgel d8 (*close*, *crude*), snapping tongue d6 (*reach*), poison blowgun needles d6 (*near*)\n\n**Special qualities** excellent night vision, salt burns their skin\n\n**Instinct** to bring home captives for sacrifice\n\n- ^ä Surround their quarry unnoticed\n- ^ä Leap a shocking distance\n- ^ä Club someone senseless on the head\n- ^ä Tie a fast knot\n\nThey're tall as a short man, hunched on too-long legs and too-long arms. A toadlike head juts forward from broad shoulders, the eyes entirely too big, the mouth entirely too wide. They're covered in moist scales and horn-like growths, and draped in belts and bandoliers of woven grass.\n\nThese are the suarachan most often encountered, the ones that raid Marshedge and the ones that fen-walkers most fear. Truly, they spend more time fishing and hunting than seeking sacrifices, and they're just as happy to claim a deer as a man. But deer are harder to catch, on the whole.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--suarachan-singers", "title": "Suarachan singers", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "*Horde*, *amphibious* **HP** 3; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** fists and bite d6 w/ disadvantage (*hand*), snapping tongue d4 w/ disadvantage (*reach*)\n\n**Special qualities** excellent night vision, salt burns their skin, mutations\n\n**Instinct** to sing the eternal lullaby\n\n- ^ä Drown out all other noises with their song\n- ^ä Raise a shrill call of alarm\n- ^ä Scuttle away and hide\n- ^ä Keep a prisoner living, long enough\n\nThere are places in Ferrier's Fen where horrors sleep, where the Things Below dream unquiet. The air in these places thrums with frog-song, so deep and so loud you can barely hear yourself think. But it's not frogs singing. It's the suarachan.\n\nThe suarachan believe that their songs keep the Things Below quiet. And they hope that their sacrifices—given in bulk in late autumn—will keep their dark gods satiated while the suarachan sleep through winter.\n\nMost suarachan bear mutations: extra legs (often twisted and useless), overgrown or atrophied limbs, missing or extra eyes, strange growths, etc. The most mobile become hunters, but the chorus welcomes any suarachan that can sing.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--suarachan-soothsayer", "title": "Suarachan soothsayer", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *corrupted*, *cunning*, *magical*, *amphibious*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "13-ferrier-s-fen--hp-12-armor-0", "title": "HP 12; Armor 0", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Willow Witches" ], "body": "**Damage** poisonous skin d10 (*hand*), snapping tongue d4 (*reach*)\n\n**Special qualities** excellent night vision, salt burns their skin, marked by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]\n\n**Instinct** to mollify the Things Below\n\n- ^ä Secrete various poisons: debilitating, hallucinogenic, deadly\n- ^ä Commune with outsiders via poison-induced visions\n- ^ä Use a gift of the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]\n\nA few suarachan—one or two per chorus—have bright, colorful scales that ooze with slime. They will often ingest their own hallucinatory toxins, communing with the horrors that lay sleeping, shushing them and soothing them, and promising them meals of screaming flesh, soon, soon.\n\nThe suarachan lack language, per se. They can communicate basic concepts via their songs, but true communication requires a soothsayer's touch.\n\nWhen you *are affected by the hallucinogenic poison of a suarachan soothsayer*, you can perceive spirits around you and speak to those who are active, as well as others affected by the poison. When the poison wears off, mark a debility (*dazed* if it's available).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats", "title": "The Flats", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Stonetop sits on the easternmost edge of the **Flats**, a rolling tallgrass prairie that stretches all the way to the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**, the **[[16 - The Foothills#The Foothills|Foothills]]** and the **[[42 - The Steplands#Spring|Steplands]]**.\n\nThe prairie is dotted with small hills, outcrops, and the occasional copse of trees huddled against the ceaseless wind. Winding streams cut through the soil. But mostly? Just mile after mile after mile of grass.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats-2", "title": "Impressions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats-3", "title": "Always", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- A southerly wind, ever present\n- Mountains looming on the far horizon\n- A sky so big it beggars the soul\n- Birds of prey, or carrion eaters, floating high above\n- Clouds, always in motion: high and wispy, or big and fluffy, or massive and dark like an anvil ready to drop", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--spring", "title": "Spring", "level": 3, "path": [ "Always" ], "body": "- Patchworks of hopeful green, pale white, dry yellow\n- Carpet of last year's grass, folded flat by wind and heavy snow\n- Soft crunch and pop underfoot\n- A damp chill in the wind, smell of rain and wet soil\n- Chirp chirp chirp, warble", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--summer", "title": "Summer", "level": 3, "path": [ "Always" ], "body": "- Green and yellow stems topped with a riot of flowers, rippling and bobbing in the wind\n- The itch and scratch of nettles, thistle, and stiff sandpaper stalks\n- Constant noise: birdsong, insect-buzz, rustling grass\n- Relentless sun, unbroken by shade\n- A wall of rain, rolling towards you", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats-4", "title": "Autumn", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Crinkle, snap, and rustle with every step, every movement\n- Stiff stalks, gold in the low sun, nodding in the breeze\n- Lonely chitter of birds, unseen\n- Morning frost, or thick blankets of fog", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "- Snow billowing in the wind, obscuring everything\n- A white expanse, still as death, poked through with grassy stubble\n- The cold, wet, exhausting trudge through waist-high drifts\n- The squeak of snow underfoot on a bitterly cold day", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--the-gwead", "title": "The Gwead", "level": 3, "path": [ "Autumn", "Winter" ], "body": "Villagers call the Flats-grasses **the Gwead** (\"the Weave\" or \"the Weaving\"). It's a bewildering array of species. Some are short and wispy, others thick and taller than a tall man. They bloom in a myriad of shapes and colors, and sport every manner of prickle, thorn, and seedpod.\n\nThe Gwead will not be tamed. Burn the grasses, plow the soil, tear things up by their roots—it doesn't matter. The Gwead always come back, thicker and hardier than before. And sometimes, it seems, the grasslands take their revenge.\n\n- When was the last time anyone tried to plant crops beyond the Old Wall?\n- What uncanny fate befell them?\n\nWhy can crops be managed within the **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#**The village of Stonetop**|Old Wall]]**, but not beyond? That's for you to decide. Maybe…\n\n- … magic tied to the **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#**The village of Stonetop**|Stone]]** makes the land more pliable, easier to tame;\n- … something buried beneath the Old Wall keeps the Gwead at bay;\n- … something about the soil keeps the Gwead from taking root; or\n- … whoever built the ruins on which Stonetop was founded, they made a pact with the spirits of the Gwead.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "- Who among you has ventured deep into the Flats? What did you see there that no one quite believes?\n- Aside from sticking to the roads, what keeps the pack drakes at bay?\n- Which of you has seen a prairie fire up close and personal?\n- What flower, root, seed, or stem that can be found on the Flats is particularly useful? How so? Why is it so hard to harvest?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats-5", "title": "Places", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|The Makers' Roads]]**\n- **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|The Ruined Tower]]**\n- **[[48 - Titan Bones#Titan Bones|Titan Bones]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Places" ], "body": "- A herd of wild horses is seen north of the West Road and east of the Highway, close enough that they might be captured\n- Someone is sick, and the cure requires a rare plant that grows deep in the Flats\n- Gwead-grasses have started taking root inside the Old Wall, getting hard to weed out, and folks are all sorts of worried\n- A traveler's companion was lured off the roads by nosgalau [[31 - The Makers' Roads#**Fellow travelers**|The Makers' Roads]] and hasn't returned; the traveler offers a sizeable reward if the PCs can help", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Places" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Places" ], "body": "- 1 Ash field, burnt stalks, recent wildfire\n- 2 Barren ground: sand, stone, dust\n- 3 Burrow, dugout, or warren\n- 4 Sodden soil, mud, or standing water\n- 5-6 Dense thicket of tall (5'-8'), stiff stalks\n- 7-8 Open meadow, grass waist-high or shorter\n- 9 Low ridge, embankment, rise\n- 10 Tree(s), savanna, shrubs\n- 11 Rocky outcropping, boulders, jagged stones\n- 12 Gully, sinkhole, crater, fissure (maybe full of water)\n\nIf you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "Places" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12 or d6).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "Places" ], "body": "- 1 Change of terrain (previous column) and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 An encounter (see below)\n- 4 A point of interest (next page)\n- 5 Useful or valuable flora [[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]\n- 6 A piece of the Ruined Tower (next page)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--1d6-encounter", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Places" ], "body": "- 1 A shade [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Death and the Undying]], called up at the Crossroads [[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|The Makers' Roads]], or the pyped [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Shade**|Death and the Undying]] that it's become\n- 2 A spirit of the wild [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the Wild]], curious or indifferent\n- 3 Critter(s)-fox, skunk, stoat, hares, prairie dogs, starlings, vultures, etc. -curious, annoying, maybe just cute\n- 4 Beast(s)-ground sloth, giant ibis, shellback drake [[14 - The Flats#Klezln|Klezln]]-big, majestic, mostly indifferent\n- 5 A herd: aurochs [[14 - The Flats#Aurochs|Aurochs]], deer, wild sheep, wild horses [[14 - The Flats#Thunder drake|Thunder drake]], etc.\n- 6 A band of Hillfolk [[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]], or maybe just their camp", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--pieces-of-the-ruined-tower", "title": "Pieces of the Ruined Tower", "level": 4, "path": [ "Places", "1d6 encounter" ], "body": "Scattered far and wide, for miles and miles from the tower itself, as if flung by some impossible force. Likely buried or at least overgrown.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats-6", "title": "1d6 pieces", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Metal instruments or tools, possibly giant-sized, rent asunder, twisted, or surprisingly intact\n- 2 Worked stone, or chunks thereof\n- 3 Stone covered in scorched runes, possibly a bit of the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#**The Crossroads**|Broken Roads]]**\n- 4 A jagged piece of \"indestructible\" **[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]**, cracked and broken\n- 5 **Aetherium** ingot [[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|Tempest Lords]], crackling with power\n- 6 A **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Shards of the Storm Orb|shard of the Storm Orb]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--point-of-interest", "title": "Point of interest", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d6 pieces" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats-7", "title": "1d6 point of interest", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 A place corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- 2 A tomb, ruin, or artifact of the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**\n- 3 A battlefield or remains (next column)\n- 4 Enigmatic terrain: crystalline growth, sheet of smooth/broken glass, geometric patterns, unnatural colors, grass growing in strange patterns, etc.\n- 5 A location important to the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**: meeting place, fortification, shrine, etc.\n- 6 A site sacred to the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--battlefield-or-remains", "title": "Battlefield or remains", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 point of interest" ], "body": "Older ones lie well-buried, so ask yourself how they might be discovered (burrowing animals, erosion, earthquakes, excavation, etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats-8", "title": "1d12 battlefield or remains", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|Primordial]]**: from the very shaping of the world\n- 2 Truly ancient: from the time of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**\n- 3-4 From the **[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]**: when humanity rebelled and woke the Things Below\n- 5-7 From the days of the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**\n- 8-11 Recent: Hillfolk, bandits, travelers, beasts, etc.\n- 12 Very recent: the buzzards and crows still feasting\n\nPicking through the remains might yield valuables or artifacts, but might rouse the ire of **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains" ], "body": "- Nasty turn in the weather: lashing wind, bitter cold, blistering heat, sleet/ hail/rain/snow; lightning\n- Lack of shelter, water, or wood for a long-burning fire (try dried aurochs dung, if you can find it)\n- Hidden holes/burrows, twisting an ankle or worse\n- Getting lost (lack of landmarks, tall grass and rolling terrain, hard to keep to a straight line)\n\n**Prairie fire**\n\n The Gwead is prone to burning, sparked by lightning, an errant flame, or (if you believe the tales) Hillfolk intentionally setting the Flats ablaze. Early spring, late summer, and early autumn are particularly prone, especially after a few weeks without rain.\n\n**Instinct** to run unchecked across the land\n\n- ^ä Start with just a few crackling flames, a column of smoke\n- ^ä Grow implacably, creeping outward\n- ^ä Smother the landscape in choking smoke (debilities)\n- ^ä Hit them with a wave of heat (d4 damage)\n- ^ä Linger and burn for minutes or hours (d6 damage, messy)\n- ^ä Tear a crimson line, faster than you can sprint, bonfire-hot (d10 damage, ignores armor, messy)\n- ^ä Run out of fuel, or get smothered by rain\n\n**Something interesting**: To really spread and burn hot, a prairie fire needs years of built-up fuel, dry conditions, and steady wind; even then, it can only burn at its hottest for a short period of time.\n\n**Something useful**: Seek the Makers' Roads, or barren ground, or low-lying patches that still hold some moisture. Failing that, seek patches of grass that burned in the past year. Worst case: seek a narrow", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains" ], "body": "- **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|Cougars]]** or **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wolves]]**, come out of the Great Wood\n- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**, if they're of a mind to do violence\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]**\n- The **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#**Fellow travelers**|nosgalau]]**, whatever they are\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]**, **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]**, or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|shades]]**, called up at the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Crossroads]]** or lurking near old battlefields\n- **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Dangers|Blue magpies]]**, messing with the PCs", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--aurochs", "title": "Aurochs", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains" ], "body": "*Group*, *large*, *ornery*, *powerful* **HP** 14, **Armor** 2 (thick hide, tough) **Damage** gore d8+5 (*close*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing), kick/trample d8+3 (*hand*, *forceful*)\n\n**Instinct** to spook or to get angry, in equal measure\n\n- ä Send an attacker flying\n- ä Stampede (*area*, *forceful*, *messy*)\n- ä Wheel suddenly, with surprising grace and speed\n- ä Keep going past when it should be dead or dying\n\nBig, powerful, wild cattle with horns longer than your arm and thicker than your hand can grip around. Even the does have big horns, and aren't shy about using them.\n\nThey winter in the Steplands, in small bands of 3-5 adults. In spring, though, they come down to the Flats, form up into herds of 30 or more, and graze and graze and graze. They'll break up into smaller bands by midsummer, then head back into the hills before first snow.\n\nThe Hillfolk hunt them, riding at the flanks of a herd and picking off one or two with arrows, keeping their damned distance. You do not want to get too close to one of these things, especially not after you wound it.\n\nA full-grown aurochs carcass (*immobile*), properly butchered and transported back to town, counts as 1 Surplus. A pair of aurochs horns is Value 1.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--bandit", "title": "Bandit", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains" ], "body": "*Group*, *stealthy*, *cautious*, *devious* **HP** 6; **Armor** up to 2 (hides, shields) **Damage** spears d8 (*close*, *thrown*) or slings d6 (*near*)\n\n**Instinct** to survive at the expense of others\n\n- ä Prepare a deception, to lure travelers from the roads\n- ä Spring an ambush when their prey takes the bait\n- ä Take captives or slit throats, so that no one escapes to tell tales\n- ä Flee into the grass if things go south\n\nThe magic of the Roads and the open terrain make a life of banditry far from easy, but somehow, they crop up every few years. Might be Hillfolk, disgraced or desperate, but more often than not, they're scoundrels who'd rather bleed their fellows than scrape by up in Gordin's Delve.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--bandit-chief", "title": "Bandit chief", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains" ], "body": "*Group*, *leader*, *stealthy*, *cautious*, *devious*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 8; **Armor** 3 (hides, shield, skill) **Damage** spear d8 (*close*, *thrown*, 1 piercing) or bow d8 (*near*)\n\n**Instinct** to make the best out of what they've got\n\n- ä Suss out what people want or need\n- ä Exploit a weakness, opportunity, or loophole\n- ä Cut a deal\n- ä Ruthlessly expand/preserve their power\n\nMost bandit gangs struggle to find victims or shelter or both, and quickly die out or disband. The clever ones last a few seasons, but eventually folk catch wise and grow wary, and the bandits' schemes start to fail. But every generation or so, a leader crops up who's cagey enough to turn a gang of bandits into a serious threat.\n\nWhat does the chief possess that makes them such a threat? (pick 2 or 3)\n\n- Agents in Gordin's Delve and/or Marshedge\n- A way to overcome the wards on the Roads\n- Magic that can compel/lure/scare travelers off the Roads\n- Magic that hides their crew, or changes their appearance\n- Well-trained horses, or some other form of mobility\n- A fortified hideout", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--beznpol", "title": "Beznpol", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *cautious*, *fierce*\n\n**HP** 12; **Armor** 3\n\n**Damage** burrowing talons d10 (*hand*), needle teeth d8 (*hand*, *messy*, 3 piercing) **Special Qualities** acid-proof\n\n**Instinct** to constantly search for food\n\n- ^ä Dig up serious quantities of soil\n- ^ä Bound out of the grass and onto prey\n- ^ä Spray a stupefying musk (*reach*, *area*, debilities)\n- ä Curl up into a ball of hard, jagged scales (4 armor)\n\nGreat big armored mustelids, like a cross between a stoat, a badger, and a pangolin, but like 6 feet long not counting the tail. They roam the Flats digging up burrows of just about anything, but they especially love to stir up a **[[14 - The Flats#Hlomren|hlomren]]** nest and chomp chomp chomp. They're far from the top of the food chain, though. If startled, they'll spray musk and attempt to flee. If cornered, they'll curl up and hope the attacker grows bored.\n\nA skilled tanner can turn a pair of hides into a magnificent beznpol scale coat (2 armor, *warm*, protects against acid, Value 3). Hillfolk champions are known to wear them.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--frythanc", "title": "Frythanc", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *stealthy*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** swooping talons d10+2 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*, *grabby*), beak d10 (*reach*, disadvantage)\n\n**Special Qualities** incredible eyesight, terrible hearing\n\n**Instinct** to wait for the right moment\n\n- ä Soar on thermals, thousands of feet up\n- ä Swoop down like a thunderbolt, snatching up prey\n- ä Drag prey up to 30 or 40 feet with slow, mighty flaps—then drop them\n\nGreat scaly birds, wings like 40 feet across, sky blue and white feathers on their undersides to hide in the sky. They're said to roost in the Huffel Peaks but hunt the Flats, snatching up the unwary—man, woman, deer, horse—and dropping them to the ground. The drop usually kills or cripples its prey, and then it alights to dine at its leisure.\n\nThey are, thank Tor, very rare, with only one mated pair hunting the Flats at a time. On the other side of the Huffel Peaks, though… who knows?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--hlomren", "title": "Hlomren", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains" ], "body": "*Horde*, *tiny*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 1; **Armor** 3 (carapace, size)\n\n**Damage** acid-dripping mandibles d6-2 (*hand*, *messy*, 3 piercing), acid glob d6-2 (*reach*, *messy*, *reload*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Instinct** to protect the colony\n\n- ^ä Burrow into/out of/through loose soil\n- ^ä Swarm over a threat\n- ^ä Burst with acid when killed, d4 damage (*close*, *area*)\n\nThese red-shelled insects look like a cross between an ant and a beetle, but the size of a small cat. They form colonies a few-hundred large, typically on higher ground. A colony will harvest all the dead grass in a few miles, hibernate through winter, and then relocate in spring to a part of the Flats that hasn't burned or been harvested in a few years. They mostly ignore people and other large animals, but they'll swarm if threatened.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--klezln", "title": "Klezln", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *stealthy*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 3 (carapace)\n\n**Damage** pincers d10+3 (*hand*, *close*, *grabby*) **Special Qualities** senses vibrations,\n\nstrong burrower\n\n**Instinct** to wait patiently for food\n\n- ^ä Undermine the soil, creating a sinkhole waiting to happen\n- ^ä Wait for prey to trigger its trap and get pinned in loose dirt, d6 damage (*grabby*)\n - ^ä Burst forth from the loose soil to snag a victim\n - ^ä Drag it beneath the soil, to be crushed and supped on at leisure\n\nGreat big beetles that live out beneath the Flats, preying on large game like horses and aurochs. The Hillfolk know what signs to watch for, but they rarely tell outsiders. What better way to keep the Flats free of fools?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--pack-drake", "title": "Pack drake", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 battlefield or remains", "Klezln" ], "body": "*Horde*, *small*, *stealthy*, *organized*, *cautious* **HP** 3; **Armor** 1 (quick reflexes)\n\n**Damage** sawtooth teeth d6 (*hand*, *grabby*) **Instinct** to bring down easy prey\n\n- ä Dart through tall grass, unseen\n- ä Surround their prey\n- ä Bite down and pull in one direction while a packmate pulls in the other (+*messy*)\n\nSneaky little dog-sized critters that prowl the Flats. Hunt in packs ranging from six to a couple dozen. Just the worst.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats-9", "title": "Questions:", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- What's the surest sign of their presence?\n- What do all wise travelers do to keep them at bay?\n- Which of you has seen them tear apart their prey? What haunts you about it to this day?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--shellback-drake", "title": "Shellback drake", "level": 4, "path": [ "Questions:" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *cautious*, *hardy*, *patient*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 3 (carapace, scales)\n\n**Damage** snapping, bone-crushing bite d10 (*hand*, *close*, *grabby*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special Qualities** nearly blind,\n\nsenses vibrations\n\n**Instinct** to lash out at \"food\" in range\n\n- ^ä Burrow into soil\n- ^ä Wait for prey half-buried\n- ^ä Withdraw into its shell (Armor 5)\n\nLike a snapping turtle, but 6 feet long and 400 pounds, with big, badger-like claws. Way faster than you think. It'll dig itself under a layer of soil, and wait long enough for the gwead to start growing over it. Then, when something comes near? SNAP!\n\nAn intact shell is worth quite a bit (*immobile*, Value 2). But good luck killing one without cracking the shell.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--thunder-drake", "title": "Thunder drake", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions:" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*\n\n**HP** 20; **Armor** 3 (scales, crest)\n\n**Damage** gore, trample, swat d10+3 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special Qualities** lightning-proof,\n\nhard of hearing\n\n**Instinct** to protect its turf\n\n- ä Bellow (*near*, *area*, *loud*, *forceful*, *reload*)\n- ä Burrow and gnaw through rock\n- ä Sometimes: belch forth a bolt of lightning, d10+3 damage (*near*, *forceful*, *loud*, ignores armor)\n\nSometimes, out on the Flats, you'll see what looks to be small hills in the distance. I advise you to steer clear. They probably aren't hills, really, but huge piles of dirt that a thunder drake has moved as it digs. And hoo boy, you do not want to stumble into one of them on their home turf.\n\n**Something interesting:** Thunder drakes eat mostly grass and shrubs, but they have a taste for certain ores. They spend their time grazing, sleeping, and digging up rocks.\n\n**Something useful:** They particularly savor the taste of copper, and relish **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]**. If they find a source of it, they'll chew it right up and spend the next few days belching lightning bolts.\n\nWhen you *are near a thunder drake when it bellows*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, pick 1; **on a 7-9,** pick 2; **on a 6-**, all 3.\n\n- Drop what you're holding and cover your ears\n- Stagger back a few steps\n- You're deafened and disoriented for a few moments", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "14-the-flats--wild-horse", "title": "Wild horse", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions:" ], "body": "*Group*, *large*, *cautious*, *swift*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** trample d6+3 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*) **Instinct** to panic\n\n- ä Sniff trouble on the wind\n- ä Run free!\n- ä Vault over an obstacle\n\nThey roam the flats, in herds ranging in size from a half-dozen to a couple dozen. The larger herds will give rise to a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Andalau|ceffylwraig]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij", "title": "Fomoraij", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]** damned themselves. Oh, they'll tell you they had no other choice. That their treacherous servants drove them to it. That they knew not the cost. That they were lied to by the**[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**. But, no, they knew what they were doing. They just didn't care.\n\nAnd why would they have cared? Had they not lost everything? Had they not been driven from their homes and hunted like beasts, by the very servants they had created? By those who owed them *everything*?\n\nSo, yes damn you, the Green Lords made their deals. They called up the darkness and the poison. Let it flow through their minds. Their flesh. Their lands.\n\nAnd when not even that was enough to turn the tides, when they were betrayed again—this time by their fellow **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**—and they were corralled into one last trap… well, what did they care? What could they care? Let the traitors have the surface. For now.\n\nAnd so, twisted and mad with hatred, they went below. Into the bosom of their masters. There, they wait. They spawn new horrors. They hate.\n\nAnd one day, perhaps, they will return.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fomoraij" ], "body": "Slavic-sounding, but with more vowels and softer consonants: Aawnaswasiya, Blaagu, Doogromil, Eleema, Loobimoor, Miwooslawa, Oolliyanaw, Rabomoor, Weelimir, Yoanaw", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fomoraij" ], "body": "- **[[15 - Fomoraij#Infected servant|Infected servants]]** are watching villagers near the **[[44 - The Stream#The Stream|Stream]]**\n- An earthquake opens a crack in a cave bear's den, exposing them to a Fomoraij's lair and influence\n- Hunters/trappers go missing, then turn up weeks later horribly mutated\n- A Fomoraij's minions steal children from their beds and drag them to their master\n- **[[17 - Forest Folk#Names|Forest Folk]]** glyphs show people filing into a cave, laden with gifts (for the Fomoraij that secretly entranced them)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--dwellers-beneath", "title": "Dwellers beneath", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fomoraij" ], "body": "The Fomoraij have dwelt beneath the Great Wood for centuries. Their influence can be felt, certainly, and they sometimes send forth minions, but they have not seen the surface since the fall of **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**.\n\nTo create a Fomoraij, start with 2 themes from the**[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**. Combine with a constraint that keeps it from emerging, the nature of its lair, and 2-3 forms. Give it a name and perhaps an ominous title. Write it up as a threat (a *villain*, a *beast*, or a *magical entity*). If the PCs are likely to fight it, also write it up as a monster (see example on page [[15 - Fomoraij#**\"Typical\" Fomoraij**|142]]).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--1d12-constraint", "title": "1d12 constraint", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fomoraij" ], "body": "- 1-2 Confinement: by accident, by artifice, by its own size or nature (**Instinct** to capture others, to escape)\n- 3-4 Disdain: of the world above, of the world that betrayed them (**Instinct** to punish anything that reminds it of its past)\n- 5-6 Decay: of its mind, its power, its sense of self (**Instinct** to lash out)\n- 7-8 Fear: of the Fae, of the Makers, of the much-hated light (**Instinct** to see threats everywhere)\n- 9-10 Obsession: with hoarding, experimenting, digging, etc., to the exclusion of all else (**Instinct** to pursue its obsession)\n- 11-12 Patience: it waits, it gathers power, it makes preparations (**Instinct** to further its plans)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--1d12-lair", "title": "1d12 lair", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fomoraij" ], "body": "- 1 A yawning cavern, flooded; dotted with islands and unlikely structures\n- 2 Endless rough-hewn tunnels, like an ant hive\n- 3 An inverted forest of roots, tubers, fungus hanging from the ceiling\n- 4 A series of underground streams, rivers, lakes, all teeming with horrors\n- 5 A deep, vertical shaft ending at a vault of white stone\n- 6 Tunnels and chambers, every inch lined with bones\n- 7 The petrified belly of a gargantuan, primordial **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|titan]]**\n- 8 Vaulted tunnels lined with roots of iron-infused wood, rusted and bleeding\n- 9 Limestone caverns, the walls pulsing with **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|red crystal]]**\n- 10 Limestone caves and columns, wet and dripping, festooned with slimy life\n- 11 Strangely smooth tunnels coated in warm, pulsing organic material\n- 12 A vast chamber of white stone, a mighty dead tree growing down from the ceiling\n\nFomoraij lairs are always found underground and beneath the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**, accessed via caves and **[[24 - Green Lords#Ruins|Green Lord ruins]]**. The sites above are often corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--1d12-form", "title": "1d12 form", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fomoraij" ], "body": "1 A swarm of smaller things/a hivemind consciousness 2 Boneless/squeezing/amorphous 3 Fungal/lichenous/mossy 4 Insectoid/shelled 5 Too many limbs/eyes/mouths 6 Massive/expansive/sprawling 7 Pallid/fleshy/knobby 8 Powerful/burrowing/rending 9 Plantlike (roots, rhizomes, bulbs) 10 Slimy/oozing/mucous 11 Sporting tentacles/tendrils/feelers/\n\nCombine 2-3 of the above with the vaguely humanoid form it once had as a Green Lord.\n\n12 Worm-like/slug-like/grub-like\n\nantennae\n\n*The PCs have encountered some horrors in the Great Wood—some crinwin oozing silver slime and wasps with hallucinatory venom. I already decided that these things were corrupted by the Things Below, based on the themes of \"insanity/chaos/ruin/quicksilver\" and \"corruption/disease/poison/vermin.\"* \n\n*Now I'm thinking that a Fomoraij is behind them. I keep the two themes, and roll a* constraint *of \"confinement.\" For its* lair*, I roll \"a series of underground streams, rivers, lakes, all teeming with horrors.\" For its* form*, I get \"too many limbs/eyes/mouths,\" and \"a swarm of smaller things\" and \"slimy/oozing/mucous.\" I ponder, and come up with:*\n\n*Yaarowslow the Many is trapped away on an island in an underground lake, fed by tiny rivulets of groundwater. It has transformed its flesh into an oozing, silvery nest, host to an endless swarm of skittering and buzzing horrors that serve as its eyes and hands and mouths. For centuries, the vermin have burrowed through stone to reach the surface. It has recently succeeded, and its silvery spawn now taint a spring deep in the Great Wood.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij-2", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 3, "path": [ "Artifacts" ], "body": "- Preserved chimera corpse, mounted for display (*immobile*, Value 1)\n- A pouch of shimmering powder (lllll doses, Value 2 to the right buyer); ingest a dose and start compulsively telling secrets to those around you\n- A polished slice of agate the size of a dinner table, bringing nightmares and dark thoughts to those who linger in its presence (*immobile*, Value 2)\n- A pair of what seem to be rubies (Value 3) set as the eyes of a horrible statue; they're actually **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|red crystals]]** and impart a cruel bloodlust on whoever holds them.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--bloodshot-amber", "title": "Bloodshot amber", "level": 2, "path": [ "Artifacts" ], "body": "each, *magical*\n\n1d4 fist-sized gems, riddled with red-black intrusions.\n\nWhen you *drip blood onto an amber*, name a manifest spirit in your presence and roll +CHA. If the spirit has an intact **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Tethers|tether]]**, roll with disadvantage. **On a 10+**, the spirit is imprisoned in the amber; **on a 7-9**, the amber starts to suck the spirit in, but it may yet fight back; **on a 6-**, the spirit wrests free and the amber shatters.\n\nWhen you *imprison a spirit in a bloodshot amber*, it is wracked with pain and cannot manifest. Only one spirit can be imprisoned at a time. When you *touch the amber with bare skin*, you can communicate with the spirit within and release it if you want (even if you weren't the one who imprisoned it).\n\nWhen a bloodshot amber is found, it likely contains a spirit that has been trapped in agony for centuries.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--dream-lily-pool", "title": "Dream-lily pool", "level": 2, "path": [ "Artifacts" ], "body": "A raised pool of clear water. A strange lily grows within, its tendrils pouring over the lip and coating the floor, hiding bleached bones. The tendrils rustle when living things approach, and a gentle wind promises prophecy and wisdom.\n\nWhen you *let a lily-tendril slither under your skin*, take 1d4 damage (ignores armor) and fall deeply asleep. Roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, you dream of wisdom—ask the GM any question and get a helpful, honest answer, though one cloaked in symbolism; **on a 7-9**, you dream of wisdom (as on a 10+) but also of hunger, desperation, and want—mark a debility when you wake; **on a 6-**, you are trapped in endless nightmare—mark two debilities and you shall not wake unless you find an exit or someone rescues you from without.\n\nRegardless, your dreams are clearly visible in the waters of the pool. You get the sense that something else may be watching, too.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Artifacts", "Dream-lily pool" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 2, "path": [ "Artifacts" ], "body": "- 1-2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Impudent Polymorph Ire|A large wooden jar]]**\n- 3-4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A rusty cauldron|A rusty cauldron]]**\n- 5-6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A strange pendant|A strange pendant]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Artifacts", "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "These might very well be associated with the Fomoraij.\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Mysteries of the Staff of the Lidless Orb|Staff of the Lidless Orb]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Demonhide Cloak|Demonhide Cloak]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij-3", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--various-creations", "title": "Various creations", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[24 - Green Lords#Bound Entities|Chimerae]]**, bred for war or sick amusement\n- **[[24 - Green Lords#**1d12** ability|Hazardous growths]]**, protecting the Fomoraij's lair or extending its influence\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Revenants]]** of chimerae, possessed by dark spirits\n- **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|Crinwin]]**, **[[24 - Green Lords#**The Unquiet Dead**|llamudwr]]**, **[[24 - Green Lords#**Rhagedn**|rhagedn]]**, **[[24 - Green Lords#**Rhagedn**|swyn]]**), or **[[24 - Green Lords#Zrajedak|zrajedak]]**—but somehow different, somehow worse\n- Almost any of the horrors found in **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--attendant-spirits", "title": "Attendant spirits", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- **Emanations** of the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|The Things Below]]\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]**, bound into wretched servitude\n- Bound **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]**, kept on a tight leash\n- Unbound **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|wraiths]]**, like jackals sniffing around a butcher shop", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij-4", "title": "Infected servant", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Fomoraij sometimes ensnare beings of the world above, capturing them, luring them in with promises of power, or compelling the weak-willed to attend them. They then infect the victim, turning them into extensions of their will.\n\nStart with a base creature, and then pick or roll for the nature of the infection, the means of control, and up to 3 gifts. Interpret them based on what you know about its master. Update the base creature's tags, stats, qualities, instinct, and moves accordingly.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--1d12-infection", "title": "1d12 infection", "level": 2, "path": [ "Infected servant" ], "body": "- 1-2 A bug/worm/vine, burrowed into their brain/spine\n- 3-4 A foul substance, injected/inhaled/ imbibed\n- 5-6 A fungus/plant, growing under their skin\n- 7-8 A spirit possessing their body, bound by intricate scars/tattoos\n- 9-10 A mass of vermin/a single horror, eating them from the inside out\n- 11-12 One or more shards of **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|red crystal]]** embedded in their skull", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--1d12-means-of-control", "title": "1d12 means of control", "level": 2, "path": [ "Infected servant" ], "body": "- 1-2 By crushing their will\n- 3-4 By eating away at what they once were\n- 5-6 By filling them with euphoria/ pleasure\n- 7-8 By promising them power/immortality/revenge/a cure/etc.\n- 9-10 By wracking them with pain\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice, or make up something new\n\nIf you like, roll 1d6 for the extent of control.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--1d12-gift", "title": "1d12 gift", "level": 2, "path": [ "Infected servant" ], "body": "- 1 A *reach*, *near*, or *far* attack (tentacles, spitting globs, flung spines, etc.)\n- 2 A terrifying presence; an ability to spread panic/fear/horror\n- 3 An area attack (cloud of poison, blast of nettles, psychic scream, etc.)\n- 4 An amorphous/malleable/ shapechanging form\n- 5 An ongoing link to its master, an ability to share senses/thoughts/ words/power\n- 6 A way to spread its infection and/ or its master's influence (intentionally, incidentally, or both)\n- 7 Camouflage/stealth/ability to avoid notice\n- 8 Exceptional strength/speed/ferocity/deadliness\n- 9 Influence/control over the minds of others\n- 10 Minions/servants/ability to send out extensions of itself\n- 11 Mobility (jumping, flying, climbing, burrowing, squeezing, etc.)\n- 12 Unnatural resilience/vigor/durability\n\nShould a PC or an important NPC become infected by a Fomoraij (or one of their servants), write it up as a threat (an *affliction*). If a PC willingly becomes an infected servant, consider creating a playbook insert, using the **Thrall** for inspiration (see *[[Inserts#Thrall|Book I]]*).\n\n*I want a big scary servant of Yaarowslow the Many [[15 - Fomoraij#**\"Typical\" Fomoraij**|Fomoraij]], a hagr [[23 - The Great Wood#**Instinct** to lure prey|The Great Wood]] that stumbled on the tainted spring. I roll \"a foul substance, injected/ inhaled/imbibed\" and think of Yaarowslow's silvery slime. I get \"by eating away at what they once were\" as a means of control, and imagine the silver slime corrupting it from the inside, replacing its blood and organs and overwhelming its mind with voices and delusions. For gifts, I pick \"unnatural resilience/vigor/durability\" and \"a way to spread its infection and/or its master's influence.\" I then roll for a third gift and get \"an area attack.\"* \n\n*I update the hagr's stat block to reflect these changes, and end up with this:*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--infected-hagr", "title": "INFECTED HAGR", "level": 2, "path": [ "Infected servant" ], "body": "- Solitary, large, terrifying, hardy, magical\n- HP 20; ARMOR 4 (resilience), 1 vs. bronze (blubbery hide)\n- DAMAGE meaty hands d10+3 (hand, close, grabby, forceful) or tree trunk d10+5 (reach, area, crude, forceful) or hurled heavy thing d10+3 (thrown, forceful)\n- SPECIAL QUALITIES infectious blood; suffers from delusions, behaves erratically\n- INSTINCT to spread its master's influence\n - > Fix someone with its evil eye, inflicting overwhelming delusions\n - > Pluck things from the ground as if weightless\n - > Obsessively carve its master's sigils into things\n - > Fly into a senseless rage\n - > Spew forth an infectious, silvery cloud (reach, area, reload)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--typical-fomoraij", "title": "\"Typical\" Fomoraij", "level": 2, "path": [ "Infected servant" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *magical*, *cunning*, *cautious*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 26; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. bronze **Damage** mighty blows d12+3 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** can sense anything that happens in its lair (but might not think to)\n\n**Instinct** [Use constraint as a guide]\n\n- ä Overawe anyone in its presence\n- ä Twist, mutate, or transform living things with a gesture\n- ä Wield nearby plants and beasts as extensions of itself\n- ä Regenerate wounds from anything but **[[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|orichalcum]]**\n\nNo Fomoraij is truly typical; use the stats above as a starting point. A Fomoraij's constraint [[15 - Fomoraij#**\"Typical\" Fomoraij**|Fomoraij]] dictates its instinct. Add or change its tags, stats, special qualities, and moves based on the themes [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]], constraint, lair, and forms [[15 - Fomoraij#**\"Typical\" Fomoraij**|Fomoraij]] that you've identified.\n\n*Yaarowslow the Many is a mass of flesh that oozes infectious silvery slime, and the host of skittering, slithering, and buzzing horrors that serve as an extension of its will.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--yaarowslow-the-many", "title": "YAAROWSLOW, THE MANY", "level": 2, "path": [ "Infected servant" ], "body": "Solitary, large, magical, terrifying, amorphous\n\nHP 24; Armor 5 (resilience, lacks organs), 2 vs. bronze (thick hide)\n\nDAMAGE spurts of corrosive slime d10+1 (hand, close, area, messy, 1 piercing)\n\nSPECIAL QUALITIES largely immobile, hive-mind connection with its vermin swarms; half damage from stabbing or smashing", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "15-fomoraij--instinct-to-escape", "title": "INSTINCT to escape", "level": 2, "path": [ "Infected servant" ], "body": "- > Overwhelm foes with horror and thousands of squealing voices\n- > Infect minds and bodies with silvery slime\n- > Wield its swarms and its silvery slime as an extension of itself\n- > Regenerate wounds from anything but orichalcum", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills", "title": "The Foothills", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Two days northwest of Stonetop, the rolling **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]** give way to hills, climbing up into the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|Whitefang Mountains]]**). The **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Highway]]** cuts through these hills, leading to **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]**. To the east, the hills wrap around the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**.\n\nThe Foothills are rugged and forest-strewn, crisscrossed with streams, dotted with gorges and ponds and small lakes. In ages past, it was a borderland between the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]** and the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]**, and later it was the extent of the **Barrow Builders'** reach [[05 - Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]. Nowadays, it is mostly uninhabited, but both Stonetop and Barrier Pass come here to harvest timber.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Foothills" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--always", "title": "Always", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Foothills", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Hills rising up from the Flats, mountains looming behind them\n- Young thin trees on the southernmost slopes, getting bigger and older as you press into the hills\n- Echoes of birdsong, beast-bellows, tumbling rocks, raised voices", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--spring", "title": "Spring", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Foothills", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Thin branches drooping with fresh green leaves\n- Mud slipping and squishing underfoot\n- Surprising chill of shadowed vales, where snow still lingers", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--summer", "title": "Summer", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Foothills", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Muggy, humid heat\n- Sweat stinging your eyes as you hump up another slope\n- Cold clear water from a gurgling stream, tasting better than anything", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--autumn", "title": "Autumn", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Foothills", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Slopes turned red and orange and yellow, then black and brown and gray\n- Plump squirrels and other critters, busily foraging for winter\n- Cold, clammy mist lasting well into the day", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Foothills", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Waist-deep snow drifts in the valleys\n- Frozen-over streams, water gurgling ominously from below\n- Squeak of trees, swaying in the cold wind\n- Short, magical twilight as the sun drops below the mountains", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Foothills" ], "body": "- What striking difference do you notice between the trees here and those in the Great Wood?\n- Who typically leads Stonetop's logging trips up to the Foothills?\n- What dread beast or monster is said to lurk in the Foothills?\n- What is said to draw its ire?\n- Who claims to have encountered it? When, and how so?\n- Why do you/don't you believe them?\n- What mundane dangers up there worry you more than some legendary beast?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Foothills" ], "body": "- A logging expedition goes missing\n- Loggers stumble upon a ruin or corrupted site\n- Someone went missing on a logging trip years ago, and now they reappear\n- Heavy rains wash out a stretch of the Highway, blocking access to good timber\n- An adventurer claims to know the location of an old barrow in the Foothills, said to be laden with gold and other treasure", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills-2", "title": ". steading improvement .", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--permanent-logging-camp", "title": "PERMANENT LOGGING CAMP", "level": 4, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "Suppose we built a few cabins and kept loggers up there year-round?\n\nRequires all of the following:\n\n- Two or three permanent dwellings, just off the Highway\n- Supplies, furnishings, and tools for those dwellings (Value 2)\n- 5-6 capable adults, willing and able to relocate and log year-round\n- An extra wagon (Value 3) and extra horse or mule (Value 3) to haul timber to and from Stonetop\n- Four seasons of operation, each generating a wagonload of timber (Value 2)\n\nWhen you *mark all the requirements*, add \"Logging: timber, wood\" to the resources list and increase Fortunes by 1.\n\nHenceforth, as long as the camp is in operation, the steading has a ready supply of timber for improvements and other projects, and it consumes 1 less Surplus than usual in winter. However, the logging camp consumes 1 Surplus every summer or else it ceases operation.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 3, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "- 1 Large pond/small lake\n- 2 Creek, stream, gulley\n- 3 Steep slope: barren, treacherous, unstable\n- 4 Dense thicket/brush\n- 5-6 Swath/copse of one type of tree\n- 7-8 Gentle slope or valley\n- 9 Steep slope: forested, overgrown\n- 10 Sheer rock face, bluff, rocky outcrop\n- 11 Clearing, meadow, burn site\n- 12 Cave, cavern, grotto\n\nIf you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 3, "path": [ ". steading improvement .", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 A change of terrain [[16 - The Foothills#**1d6** discovery|The Foothills]], and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 folk from barrier pass (next column)\n- 4 Some other encounter (next column)\n- 5 A point of interest (see below)\n- 6 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--1d6-folk-from-barrier-pass", "title": "1d6 folk from barrier pass", "level": 3, "path": [ ". steading improvement .", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 A war party of 4-8 guardians and/ or monks, hunting something dangerous\n- 2 A patrol of 2-4 guardians, led by a White Crystal monk\n- 3 A monk and/or novice, on their own to study/practice/meditate/ make pilgrimage\n- 4 A logging crew (4-12 layfolk, plus a few guardians)\n- 5-6 1-4 layfolk hunting or foraging\n\nConsider having someone roll the Die of Fate for their disposition. See [[04 - Barrier Pass#**Guardian**|Barrier Pass]] for guardian, monk, and novice stats.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--1d6-encounter", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 3, "path": [ ". steading improvement .", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 A **[[24 - Green Lords#Bound Entities|chimera]]**, wary or indifferent but not outright hostile\n- 2 A **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, curious or indifferent\n- 3 A **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|tulpa]]**, likely tethered to a nearby Rime Lord site\n- 4 A **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|spirit of the wild]]**, curious or indifferent\n- 5 A dangerous beast—like a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Dangers**|boar]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bear]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cougar]]**, **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**1d6** instinct/moves|ice drake]]**), **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Monk**|mountain apes]]**, or **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wolves]]**—wary or indifferent, but easily provoked\n- 6 Game: good eating but prone to bolt (deer, rabbits, pheasant, etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--1d6-point-of-interest", "title": "1d6 point of interest", "level": 3, "path": [ ". steading improvement .", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 A place corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- 2 A place **haunted** by death or the undying [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Death and the Undying]]\n- 3 A site or artifact of the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**\n- 4 A ruin or artifact of the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]** or a **[[12 - Fae#**Getting there**|Fae domain]]**\n- 5 A ruin or artifact of the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]** or their human disciples\n- 6 A place sacred to the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|spirits of the wild]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "- Getting lost among the hills and trees\n- Treacherous terrain (loose footing, scree, slippery slopes, potholes, deadfall, etc.)\n- Flash flooding, especially in ravines and valleys\n- Harsh weather, especially rain and snow\n- Something tall to climb, and reason to climb it\n- **[[24 - Green Lords#**1d12** ability|Hazardous growth]]**, from the time of the Green Lords", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "16-the-foothills--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "- Ornery beasts: **[[23 - The Great Wood#Monsters|boars]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#Monsters|cave bears]]**, **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**1d6** instinct/moves|ice drakes]]**, **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Monk**|mountain apes]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wisents]]**\n- Predators: **[[23 - The Great Wood#Monsters|butcherbirds]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cougars]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Feathered drake**|feathered drakes]]**, or **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wolves]]**\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirits of the wild]]**\n- **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**\n- A **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Instinct** to lure prey|hagr]]** or two, come up from the Great Wood\n- **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|Tulpas]]**, tied to Rime Lord sites or perhaps to Barrier Pass\n- **[[24 - Green Lords#Bound Entities|Chimerae]]** and other remnants of the Green Lords\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** or **revenants**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk", "title": "Forest Folk", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "All the tales agree: the Folk were in the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]** long before Stonetop was founded. They welcomed the newcomers, or at least suffered them, but demanded that villagers never fell a living tree from the Wood.\n\nThe Forest Folk mostly kept to themselves. But over generations, contacts were made. Favors exchanged, friendships won, stories shared. And more shared, too, judging by the odd eyes that some villagers bear.\n\nThe villagers did not notice when the Forest Folk left, not right away. Encounters were never common. Then they became rare. Then there were none at all.\n\nTheir absence echoes through the Great Wood. Their crude glyphs can still be found, carved into trees and boulders. Their sacred places stand empty. And dangerous creatures—things once hunted by the Folk—now breed freely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forest Folk" ], "body": "Slavic-sounding, often diminutives: Analiya, Asya, Avo, Boyko, Danja, Dimvo, Dobri, Galya, Genko, Ivka, Inko, Kosta, Lyubo, Milada, Milko, Mincha, Mitko, Nadya, Neli, Penko, Polya, Radko, Raya, Sajka, Sasho, Tsvetanka, Valya, Vasko", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forest Folk" ], "body": "- Who (among you/among your kin/that you know) bears the strange eyes of the Forest Folk? What do they look like?\n- How are folk with \"the forest eyes\" treated in Stonetop? What about their parents?\n- Did you ever meet one of the Forest Folk? Aside from their eyes, which of their inhuman features did you find most disturbing?\n- It's a mystery for sure, but what do you think happened to the Forest Folk? Why?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forest Folk" ], "body": "The Forest Folk's ancestors were mortal servants of the **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]**. They lived nomadic lives among the trees, traveling in small bands and living off the land.\n\n**Something interesting:** The Folk would often commune with **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**, and sometimes had dealings with the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**. Maybe they know where the Folk went?\n\n**Something useful:** You know of a place where the Forest Folk used to congregate, not too far from Stonetop, or a Fae they once dealt with frequently, or a sacred site they revered—tell us about it! Also, tell us why you think it's a good place to start investigating what happened to the Folk.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--where-did-they-go", "title": "Where did they go?", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forest Folk" ], "body": "That's for you and your group to decide, but possibilities include...\n\n- … they fled east, to escape the waking of the **[[08 - The Crombil#Hooks|Crombil]]**;\n- … they went to fight the **[[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Fomoraij]]**, maybe at the behest of the Fae;\n- … a servant of the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** hunted them down, chased them off;\n- … a curse transformed them into living trees, though not all at once;\n- … a powerful Fae whisked them off into its domain;\n- … they were ravaged by sickness; the survivors left in search of a miracle; or\n- … their numbers were always few, and they simply died out.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 3, "path": [ "Forest Folk", "Where did they go?" ], "body": "- A hunter finds a mass grave of the Forest Folk, from, oh, about 10 years back\n- A cave is covered with glyphs and pictograms that reveal valuable lore, but some of the glyphs are visible only to those with the forest eyes\n- A trapper swears that they've seen one of the Forest Folk, or signs of their recent presence\n- 60 years ago, Stonetop gave the Forest Folk a precious gift, which they took to one of the sacred sites; perhaps it's still there?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--forest-eyes", "title": "Forest eyes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forest Folk" ], "body": "Those who inherit the \"forest eyes\" see well at night. They see by mere starlight as well as most humans can see under a full moon; they see by moonlight as well as most humans can see at dusk.\n\nBeyond that, certain plants, lichens, and rocks shine with indescribable colors that can only be seen with the forest eyes. The Folk would sometimes be seen staring rapt at a mundane grove or meadow, marveling at some unseen beauty. Humans with the forest eyes sometimes do likewise.\n\nIf a PC was born with (or develops) the forest eyes, feel free to use these GM moves on them:\n\n- ^ä Reveal glyphs, markings, or patterns that only they can see\n- ^ä Distract them with colors and patterns of impossible beauty", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--glyphs-and-pictograms", "title": "Glyphs and pictograms", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forest Folk" ], "body": "The Forest Folk left crude marks and drawings throughout the Great Wood. When the PCs encounter a point of interest in the Great Wood, and it was around before the Folk disappeared, pick or have someone roll the Die of Fate:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--1d6-markings", "title": "1d6 markings", "level": 3, "path": [ "Forest Folk", "Glyphs and pictograms" ], "body": "- 1-2 None to be found\n- 3 Hidden, incomplete/marred\n- 4 Hidden, intact\n- 5 Obvious but incomplete/marred\n- 6 Obvious and intact\n\n\"Hidden\" glyphs might be hidden intentionally, obscured by happenstance (vines, growth, etc.), and/or made with pigments that only the forest eyes can see.\n\nTo an outsider, these glyphs and pictograms seem like nonsense—arbitrary shapes and crude, stylized drawings. But the Forest Folk had an elaborate visual vocabulary, and most of these markings are rich with meaning.\n\nA PC can Know Things to attempt to discern the meanings of any such glyphs, with disadvantage if they are incomplete or marred. **On a 7-9**, they discern a vague concept, like \"dangerous plants,\" \"bound spirit\" or \"sorrow/loss\". **On a 10+**, they glean the full meaning, like \"these plants are dangerous to eat\" or \"this tree binds a spirit of darkness\" or \"many Forest Folk died\n\nhere at the hands of a sorcerer.\"", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--sites", "title": "Sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forest Folk" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--1d6-a-place-where-they", "title": "1d6 a place where they...", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forest Folk" ], "body": "- 1 … stood guard over something\n- 2 … fought/died/interred their dead\n- 3 … performed rituals/communed with spirits/worked magic\n- 4 … dwelt/worked/made things/ stored things\n- 5 … gathered/congregated/held festivals\n- 6 … left signs of what happened to them\n\nPick or roll for an appropriate **[[23 - The Great Wood#. steading improvement .|terrain]]**. Populate it with signs of their presence (below), **[[17 - Forest Folk#**Artifacts**|artifacts]]**, and **[[17 - Forest Folk#Cursed glyphs|dangers]]** of the Forest Folk or the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**. Consider combining with another **[[23 - The Great Wood#Discoveries|point of interest]]** from the Great Wood.\n\nSigns of the Forest Folk's presence include:\n\n- Elaborate glyphs and pictograms\n- Strips of leather, often dyed, hanging from trees or wrapped around trunks\n- Tools/weapons of stone, wood, bone: adzes, scrapers, arrowheads, spears, etc.\n- Containers of carved wood, cured leather, woven plant fiber\n- Clothes (leather, fur, woven plants), likely in tatters", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk-2", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 3, "path": [ "Artifacts" ], "body": "- A small wooden carving of some beast or chimera (Value 0)\n- Oversized, exquisitely knapped flint spear head (*crude*, *awkward*, Value 1 to a collector)\n- Big wooden bowl and lid, sealed with beeswax, filled with dried medicinal herb (Value 2)\n- Mostly-buried skeleton of an elephant-sized beast, bones carved with glyphs and pictograms that tell an important story (*immobile*, Value 2)\n- An acre of forest with 3d6 varieties of **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|useful flora]]** growing in careful harmony; 1d6-1 can be harvested at the moment.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--a-wooden-mask", "title": "A wooden mask", "level": 4, "path": [ "Artifacts", "Various treasures" ], "body": "*fragile*, *magical*\n\nCarved from pale elder wood in the shape of a bird's head, but with small horns and fangs. The inside is chiseled with glyphs like those that the Forest Folk used to make.\n\n**Something interesting:** You recognize glyphs for \"beast,\" \"spirit,\" \"forest,\" and… \"peace?\" Or maybe \"treaty.\"\n\n**Something useful:** When you *wear the wooden mask*, beasts of the Great Wood will do you no harm, though your companions have no such protection. Perversions of nature are unaffected. If you *harm a beast of the Great Wood while wearing the mask*, it loses all power and rapidly rots away.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--crystal-knife", "title": "Crystal knife", "level": 2, "path": [ "Artifacts" ], "body": "*hand*, *crude*, *magical*\n\nA blade of knapped quartz, with the hilt wrapped in glyph-covered leather. It gleams to those with the forest eyes.\n\nWhen you *wield the crystal knife as a weapon*, you can harm the manifest form of any spirit, ignoring armor and dealing +1d4 damage. If the 1d4 comes up a 4, though, the knife shatters into useless shards.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--artifacts-of-others", "title": "Artifacts of others", "level": 4, "path": [ "Artifacts", "Crystal knife" ], "body": "Held in reverence, used with caution, and/or hidden where they could do no harm.\n\n- Artifacts of the **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]**\n- Items related to the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**\n- Gifts of the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**\n- Objects tied to **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Death and the undying|death or the undying]]**\n- Artifacts cursed by **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|the Things Below]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk-3", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--cursed-glyphs", "title": "Cursed glyphs", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "They look like other glyphs the Forest Folk left behind, but pick or roll for both a trigger and an effect.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--1d6-trigger", "title": "1d6 trigger", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- 1 Merely being in their presence\n- 2 Seeing them, even at a glance\n- 3 Passing a border that they define, or attempting to\n- 4 Attempting to read or comprehend them\n- 5 Touching whatever they're inscribed upon\n- 6 Erasing, breaking, or marring them", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--1d6-effect", "title": "1d6 effect", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- 1 Afflicts a lingering, withering disease\n- 2 Traps/ensnares/binds\n- 3 Sickens/weakens/harms\n- 4 Instills a powerful emotion (fear, despair, rage, etc.)\n- 5 Draws the attention of certain spirits\n- 6 Befuddles/confuses/twists the senses", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--opportunists", "title": "Opportunists", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "1d6 effect" ], "body": "Encroaching on territory vacated by the Forest Folk, or growing now that they are no longer kept in check.\n\n- **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|Crinwin]]**\n- **Beasts** of the Great Wood [[23 - The Great Wood#**Dangers**|The Great Wood]]\n - **[[24 - Green Lords#**1d12** ability|Hazardous growths]]** and **[[24 - Green Lords#Bound Entities|chimerae]]**\n- **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, released from old oaths and/or keen to claim new territory", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "17-forest-folk--spirits", "title": "Spirits", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "1d6 effect" ], "body": "- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]** of Forest Folk who died badly, or with work unfinished\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]** who dwelt happily alongside the Folk, or who were imprisoned by them\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|Emanations]]** and spirits **corrupted** by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]), trapped but straining at their bindings.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords", "title": "Forge Lords", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Forge Lords were **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]** who bent fire and metal to their will. They built a sprawling civilization among the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]** and on the shores of the sea beyond. They wrought wonders and traded with other Makers, in what is now **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**. They grew wealthy, proud, and strong.\n\nA fire burned inside the Forge Lords. It fueled their magic, and also their passion and creativity, their love of beauty and craftsmanship. Their desire to do better, to be better. But this fire was also a curse. If left to burn unchecked—if they gave in to ambition, jealousy, and greed—it could consume them. Burn away their finer feelings, twist them into terrible, fire-belching beasts.\n\nTo guard against this curse, the Forge Lords lauded loyalty and generosity. They observed strict rules of hospitality and decorum. For centuries, it worked. Their lands were hotbeds of politics and betrayal, but bloody-handed murder was rare. Only the most debased citizens lost themselves to the Change.\n\nThen came the **[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]**. Volcanoes belched forth lava and ash. The Forge Lord's principal city, Moratia Rubra, was destroyed. So were many of their mines, foundries, and estates. Their society plunged into chaos. And the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** stoked the flames of vengeance, greed, and paranoia.\n\nRivalry gave way to murder. Murder gave way to slaughter. Only those who embraced the Change survived. And soon, the Forge Lords were gone. Only **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Draventao**|draventao]]** remained.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "Portuguese- and Galician-sounding, but often with 4 or 5 syllables: Anacarbrugel, Barximare, Cagacola, Liainlosoi, Mancaoro, Olarela, Patomecie, Ronofoxur, Toloalare, Velanbria, Xeixabrun\n\nOften have titles like *Dominar* (\"Master\"), *Ogran* (\"the Great\").", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "- Miners loot and sell treasure guarded by **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Iron hound**|iron hounds]]**, triggering a chain of grisly deaths.\n- **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]** warn the PCs away from a Forge Lord ruin, but why?\n- A scoundrel finds a **draventao**'s lair [[18 - Forge Lords#**Draventao**|Forge Lords]], wants help looting it.\n- A merchant is secretly hauling a shipment of **[[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|orichalcum]]** to market.\n- Prospectors find a Forge Lord settlement buried and preserved in pumice.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--themes", "title": "Themes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "Pick, or roll 1d12.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "1 Fire and heat, lava, smoke and embers, ash and cinders\n\n**Forge Lords**\n\n- 2 Industry: forges and furnaces, crucibles and kilns, foundries and fuel, mills and mines, and all that they consume/produce\n- 3 Artistry: inspiration, invention, the pursuit of excellence/beauty/truth\n- 4 Metal given life: clockwork constructs, spirit-vessels, prosthetics fused to flesh\n- 5 Weakness burnt away: to create, to transform, to destroy, to purify\n- 6 **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]** servants/ factions/rivalries/secrets/plots/ loyalty/betrayal\n- 7 Passions enflamed: hunger, lust, envy, greed, obsession, paranoia, and wrath\n- 8 Cataclysm: eruptions, terror, slaughter, societal collapse, the descent into chaos", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--sites", "title": "Sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "Pick, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d6-site", "title": "1d6 site", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "- 1-3 **Lingering signs** of their presence and influence (see below)\n- 4-6 **[[18 - Forge Lords#1d6 site|Ruin]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--lingering-signs", "title": "Lingering signs", "level": 4, "path": [ "Forge Lords", "1d6 site" ], "body": "Pick, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d6-sign", "title": "1d6 sign", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "- 1 **Aftermath of destruction** (next column), a scar on the world\n- 2 **Traces of industry** (next column) from long ago\n- 3 A **fiery spirit** (next page), bound to some useful purpose\n- 4 A **monument or marker** (next page)\n- 5 A stretch of the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Makers' Roads]]**, intact, broken, and/or buried in tuff\n- 6 A hidden hoard, filled with **[[18 - Forge Lords#Various treasures|various treasures]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--aftermath-of-destruction", "title": "Aftermath of destruction", "level": 4, "path": [ "Forge Lords", "1d6 sign" ], "body": "For example:\n\n- Chimneys and bits of wall, sticking out of rubble and tuff, charred and dusty.\n- A mountainside, melted and smooth like black glass.\n- A clearing above a long-burning coalseam fire: barren, buckled, and cracked, the soil charred white, the air foul to breathe and hot even in winter.\n- A mass grave of Ustrina, maybe a Forge Lord or two, buried rather than properly burned.\n- The bones of a great reptilian beast, with rusted plates (armor?) fused to the ribs and spine. The skull is caved in, the teeth pried loose and missing.\n\nSuch places might very well be **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|haunted]]** and/or corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--traces-of-industry-for-example", "title": "Traces of industry For example:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Forge Lords", "1d6 sign" ], "body": "- A gouge in bedrock, like a pit or canyon with terraced walls—an open quarry from long ago.\n- A lake/mire/pool: chalky shores, metallic swirls, stunted life.\n- A slag-pile: pitted, fist-sized rocks (dull red and rough, or glassy blue and green), mostly barren, quite unstable.\n- The top of a mountain just missing, collapsed on itself or turned into a crater.\n- The caldera of a dormant volcano. Rusty, rune-carved spires dot the rim, and enormous pitted chains litter the area.\n- Fragments of an aqueduct, still adorned with beautiful ceramic tiles.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--a-fiery-spirit", "title": "A fiery spirit", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "For example:\n\n- A furnace, still warm from banked coals, kept smoldering for centuries by a groggy, mopey spirit.\n- A rune-etched marble slab set before a magma pool. Binds a spirit that manifests as a figure of molten rock. Helps with metalwork in exchange for gossip.\n- A crystalline matrix, home to a dozen small flames that have burnt for centuries without fuel. Opinionated blowhards, but quite clever and craving novelty.\n- A huge bronze statue of a boar, its mouth agape. The spirit within consumes the flammability of objects, making them fireproof. But the statue itself ignites with the slightest spark", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--monument-or-marker", "title": "Monument or marker", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "For example:\n\n- A bronze statue of a regal figure, once 60 feet tall, found toppled, dented, and buried in a valley.\n- Another huge bronze statue of a regal figure, still set upon its summit but half melted.\n- A portrait on a mountainside, a mosaic made from millions of glass beads.\n- A seamless tower of basalt, topped with an open-faced onion dome of brilliant brass, an eternal flame burning within.\n- A marble slab, big as a house. One side is covered with a bronze plaque, etched with tight-packed calligraphic runes, mostly illegible under all the lichen.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--ruin", "title": "Ruin", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "Pick or roll for themes [[18 - Forge Lords#**Ruin**|Forge Lords]], structure, purpose, architectural elements, condition, and ustrina presence. Place it in an appropriate terrain (see [[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin’s Delve]] for Gordin's Delve, [[27 - Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]] for the Huffel Peaks, or [[28 - The Labyrinth|The Labyrinth]] for the Labyrinth). Populate it with **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Ruin**|lingering signs]]**, **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Artifacts**|artifacts]]**, and/or **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Two mirrors**|dangers]]** of the Forge Lords or the appropriate region.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d6-structure", "title": "1d6 structure", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "- 1 A cluster of smaller buildings\n- 2 A single larger building, built around an open courtyard/garden/pool\n- 3 Large open space\n- 4 Warren-like structure, many connected rooms/buildings\n- 5 Tunnel(s)/vault(s) carved into mountain/bedrock\n- 6 Fortified complex containing a number of the above", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d6-purpose", "title": "1d6 purpose", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Dwelling (home, manor, barracks, apartments, etc.)\n- 2 Infrastructure (aqueduct, cistern, bridge, tunnel, fortification, etc.)\n- 3 Storage (vault, warehouse, treasury, granary, etc.)\n- 4 Production (smithy, studio, mine, etc.)\n- 5 Civic life (baths, market, gardens, monument, governance, etc.)\n- 6 Pleasure (gallery, restaurant, theater, arena, etc.)\n\n*[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|The PCs are in Gordin's Delve]]**, seeking an audience with Mutra the Teeth. I think his compound is one of the Forge Lord ruins in town. I'm picturing something carved into the ridges that cradle Gordin's Delve, so I pick \"tunnel(s)/vault(s)\" for structure, \"buried… but mostly intact\" for condition, and \"none to speak of \" for Ustrina presence. I roll a 3 for theme (artistry), a 6 for purpose (pleasure), and a 1 for architectural elements (domes/ arches/columns/arcades). I envision the following:*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d6-architectural-elements", "title": "1d6 architectural elements", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Domes/arches/columns/arcades\n- 2 Ceramics and glasswork: mosaics, tile, urns, stained glass, mirrors\n- 3 Enamel/glaze/gilding/flowing runes\n- 4 Bricks/marble slabs/carved porphyry\n- 5 Statues/reliefs (bronze or marble)\n- 6 Furnaces/crucibles/chimneys/ chains/gears\n\nMost Maker-ruins are sized for giants people two or even three times as tall as humans—but often with smaller-scale rooms, passages, and so forth for their servants.\n\n- 1 A settlement, actively inhabited\n- 2 Two or more groups, in conflict\n- 3 Pilgrims/scavengers/wardens/etc.\n- 4 A settlement, unoccupied/ abandoned\n- 5 Offerings/vandalism/excavations/etc.\n- 6 None to speak of\n\nIf **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]** are present, or have been, consider rolling 1d6 for a sense of their numbers.\n\n*Mutra's compound was once the showroom for some Forge Lord's collected wealth. Outside, it's like the Treasury of Petra, in Jordan—columns before a recessed entrance and a looming arch. The arch leads to a vast chamber with a lofty domed ceiling and numerous empty plinths, each taller than a tall man. Mutra's people have strung screens between the plinths to split the chamber into barracks and storage and so forth. \"Smaller\" side chambers, carved further into the rock, hold Mutra's personal quarters—and his own not-so-modest collection.*\n\n**Orichalcum**\n\nA mystical metal that flashes red with fire and burns away the impure, bane to the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** and perversions of nature. The Forge Lords knew its secrets how to mine it, smelt it, alloy it, and work it—and it was treasured even in their day.\n\nPick or roll the variety of any orichalcum the PCs encounter.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d12-variety", "title": "1d12 variety", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Nearly pure, unworked nuggets/ ingots, full of potential (Value 2)\n- 2-3 Nearly pure, cast into runes (repels perversions of nature, protects against their magic, Value 2)\n- 4 Alloyed with copper and tin, powdered (burns perversions of nature; Value 1)\n- 5 Alloyed with gold, flaked, suspended in elixir (burns away poison/ disease/corruption should the imbiber survive, Value 2)\n- 6 Alloyed with lead, powdered (dispels unclean magic, Value 2)\n- 7 Alloyed with magnesium, wrought into a charm (burns white-hot when touched by an oathbreaker, Value 2)\n- 8 Alloyed with iron, forged into a sphere (glows bright red near illusions, reveals them as false, Value 2)\n- 9-10 Alloyed with tin and arsenic, then cast into a weapon/shield/cuirass (+2 Value), counts as bronze whenever it matters\n- 11-12 Alloyed as needed and worked into some appropriate form, then imbued with magic related to fire/ truth/purification\n\nConsider rolling 1d6 to inform size, quantity, and/or scale.\n\nOrichalcum often melts or vaporizes as it burns away impurity. Proper alloying helps prevent this, but even a well-made orichalcum spear might turn to slag as it strikes down a corrupted foe.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--anthracite", "title": "Anthracite", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "A lustrous, gray-black stone, a form of purified coal. Catches fire like dry wood, but burns hotter, longer, with very little smoke. The Forge Lords used it to fuel their furnaces and kilns, or even to just heat their homes.\n\nSome **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]** know the secrets to making the stuff (cooking coal, infusing it with flammability leached from other objects), though they (probably?) lack the numbers for extensive coal mining. They occasionally trade anthracite in Gordin's Delve, but only small amounts. The Bosses or southern **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Merchants**|merchants]]** would start wars to learn how it could be mass produced.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--other-materials", "title": "Other materials", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "Many Forge Lords knew how to make **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]** and invest it with special characteristics. Indeed, they likely taught the Tempest Lords a thing or two.\n\nA few Forge Lords could create **[[43 - Stone Lords#Makerglass|makerglass]]**, or at least shape it, but never with the skill and deftness of the Stone Lords.\n\nThe Forge Lords prized **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]**. It can be worked only with fire, strength, and skill—not with magic—and so only master smiths could work it.\n\nA few Forge Lords dabbled with **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|red crystal]]**, inspired by the Things Below or just arrogant enough", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 4, "path": [ "Forge Lords", "Artifacts" ], "body": "- **1d6 glass vials** (*fragile*, Value 0), etched with a Forge Lord's mark\n- **2d4 lumps of anthracite** (Value 1), each able to fuel a good cookfire for a night\n- **A padded case** with 4 clay spheres, each containing potent naphtha that burns hot & sticky when exposed to the air (damage d10, *thrown*, *area*, *dangerous*, ignores armor)\n- **A gold mobius strip** on a chain (Value 2)\n- **An oversized orichalcum spearhead** (Value 2), too big to use but a smith might recast it\n- **A box** holding a clockwork diorama; wind its key and it plays music, the masked figures dance and twirl (*fragile*, *magical*?, Value 3)\n- **A flawless vase** (*fragile*, *beautiful*, Value 4), ~2 feet tall with an iridescent glaze; reminds you of the fragility of life\n- **A pile of coins, jewelry, art, and wonders** (*immobile*, Value 5), a **draventao**'s hoard [[18 - Forge Lords#**Draventao**|Forge Lords]]\n\nSee also: the **[[51 - Ustrina#**Curiosities and wonders**|curiosities and wonders]]** that Ustrina sometimes bring to Gordin's Delve to trade.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--orichalcum-spear", "title": "Orichalcum spear", "level": 3, "path": [ "Forge Lords", "Artifacts" ], "body": ", *close*, *thrown*, *magical*, *beautiful*, 1 piercing\n\nThe haft needs replacing, but the spearhead itself is pristine, beautiful, sharp as hot flame. When you *strike a perversion of nature with the spear*, deal +1d4 damage. When you *strike a perversion of nature and roll max damage* (including any bonus dice), deal another +1d4 damage as the spearhead flares and melts into worthless slag.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--an-oversized-ring", "title": "An oversized ring", "level": 4, "path": [ "Forge Lords", "Artifacts", "Orichalcum spear" ], "body": ", *beautiful*, *magical*, Value 4\n\nA fist-sized signet, large even by the Makers' standards, made of orichalcum. It glows like a dying ember, but is cool to the touch. When anyone lies in the ring's presence, their tongue blisters and burns. The greater the lie, the more damage is done.\n\n**Something interesting:** This was the signet ring of a Forge Lord, one of great wealth and importance; the **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]** often show keen interest in such things.\n\n**Something useful:** This was the signet ring of Omelor Xonane, a storied artificer. Many of their works were said to be keyed to this signet ring. Who knows what wonders it could unlock?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--two-mirrors", "title": "Two mirrors", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": ", *beautiful*, *magical*, Value 4 One is a flawless silvered mirror (*magical*, *beautiful*, *fragile*, Value 4), 3 feet tall and set in a golden frame. Forge Lord runes adorn the frame, translated as: \"To my beautiful Esé, my faithful, my rock.\"\n\nThe other is a smaller, humble mirror (*magical*, *fragile*, Value 2), only 12 inches tall in a frame of bronze. It bears the same inscription as the other mirror, but inverted. A small needle protrudes from the frame, stained dark.\n\nWhen you *prick your finger and touch the smaller mirror*, it shows what is reflected in the larger mirror until you break contact. Your blood soaks into the surface, leaving no stain.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Forge Lords", "Two mirrors" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 2, "path": [ "Forge Lords" ], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#The Fiery Veil|Runes around a ruined hall]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A richly woven rug , magical|A richly woven rug]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A prospector's tale|A metal man]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A prospector's tale|A prospector's tale]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A runic branding iron|A rusty steel blade]]**\n\n These might very well be associated with the Forge Lords.\n\n6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A runic branding iron|A runic branding iron]]**\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Blood-quenched Sword|Blood-quenched Sword]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Red Scepter , magical|Red Scepter]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords-2", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--entities", "title": "Entities", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]**, of course\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|Fire spirits]]**, bound to an oven/forge/furnace, likely hungry and weak\n- **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Fire vortex**|A fire vortex]]**, set to guard a Forge Lord ruin\n- A family of **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Volcanic activity|caralandrao]]**, scavenging for magic or nesting in a ruin\n- **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#**Fire drake**|Fire drakes]]** or **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Magma worm**|magma worms]]**, basking in the lingering heat of a Forge Lord's furnace\n- The **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]** of those who died in some cataclysm or violent purge", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers", "Entities" ], "body": "- Unstable construction: weakened by fire, rust, and age\n- Piles of coal or anthracite: flammable, dusty, unstable\n- Slag heaps, unstable and ready to become a **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|rockslide]]**\n- Pools or flows of magma\n- **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Volcanic activity|Volcanic activity]]**\n- **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Instinct** to eat and spawn|Primordial flame]]**, bound by ancient runes, terrible if unleashed", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--smoke-fire-and-heat", "title": "Smoke, fire, and heat", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers", "Entities" ], "body": "Most Forge Lord ruins are cold and ashen, with little left to burn. But some are home to piles of unused fuel (coal, anthracite, etc.) or sources of magical fire.\n\n- ^ä Show a warning: fuel ready to burn, heat pouring off magma or an ancient furnace, air rippling with heat shimmer\n- ^ä Scald them with intense heat (1d4 damage)\n- ^ä Have someone/thing catch fire\n- ^ä Fill the area with choking smoke (debilities)\n- ^ä Block a path with smoke/fire (1d6 damage, ignores armor)\n- ^ä Catch them in a burst of flames (1d8 damage, *messy*, ignores armor)\n- ^ä Engulf someone, set them on fire (1d10 damage, *messy*, ignores armor)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--cinderwraith", "title": "Cinderwraith", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers", "Entities" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *spirit*, *undead*, *fiery*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 23; **Armor** 1 (amorphous) **Damage** blistering flames 1d10+1 (*hand*, *grabby*, *messy*, ignores armor)\n\n**Special qualities** fireproof, dormant without fresh air to \"breathe,\" tethered to its bones", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--instinct-to-burn-the-living", "title": "Instinct to burn the living", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- ^ä Manifest a leering pillar of fire and blackened hands (harmed only by water or silver)\n- ^ä Melt silver or bronze, weaken steel or iron, ignite wood, char flesh\n- ^ä Engulf a living being, char both flesh and soul (deal damage with advantage, inflict debilities, harm even fireproof foes)\n\nThe Forge Lords burned with an inner fire, a fire that threatened to consume them even when they lived. And when they died badly—slowly, desperately, betrayed and full of helpless rage—that fire could linger on. First it would burn away the Forge Lord's flesh, and then its spirit, and then its soul. And then it would wait in the bones, like heat in banked coals. Wait for fresh air to give it new life, and fresh souls to burn for fuel.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--metal-constructs", "title": "Metal constructs", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "Instinct to burn the living" ], "body": "The Forge Lords could breathe life into metal through clever workmanship, spirit-craft, and magic. Many of these wonders remain, though only a few still function and those might function poorly.\n\nPick or roll a purpose and structure, the source of its animation, and its attribute, size, and condition. Allow these elements to inform its physical form and construction.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords-3", "title": "1d12 purpose", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Defense/violence/murder 3-4 Labor/service/convenience\n- 5-6 Beauty/decoration/aesthetics\n- 7-8 Novelty/practice/experimentation\n- 9-10 Companionship/diplomacy/business\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice, combine", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords-4", "title": "1d12 structure", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-3 Clockwork, pistons, springs, gears\n- 4-6 Mundane, metal object (pail, mirror, trumpet, sword, plow, oven, chariot, etc.)\n- 7-8 Statue, representational (person, beast, creature)\n- 9-10 Statue, abstract/stylized (shapes, patterns, etc.)\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice, combine\n\nForge Lord constructs are animated by more than biology (+4 HP). Most have Armor 3 (made of metal) and lack vital organs (another +3 HP, +1 Armor). Clockwork constructs do have vital organs (basically), and can have Armor as low as 1.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords-5", "title": "1d12 animation", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|Red crystal]]**\n- 3-4 A spirit, possessing it\n- 5-6 Fire/heat, harnessed by runes\n- 7-8 Energy stored in **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]**/**[[43 - Stone Lords#Makerglass|makerglass]]**\n- 9-10 A spark of its creator's power\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice, combine", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords-6", "title": "1d12 attribute", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Nothing of note, just animated metal\n- 2 Beautiful/musical/sublime\n- 3 Terrifying/unnerving/imposing\n- 4 Strong/durable/powerful\n- 5 Perceptive/wise/cunning/devious\n- 6 Fiery/destructive/vicious\n- 7 Multipart/group/horde\n- 8 Disguised/camouflaged/innocuous\n- 9 Fast/agile/mobile/flies\n- 10 Attuned to energy/elements/magic\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice\n\nForge Lord constructs are often fireproof. Most are blind, sensing vibrations or the heat emitted from objects and creatures.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords-7", "title": "1d12 size", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Cat-sized or smaller (*tiny*)\n- 2-3 Like a human child (*small*)\n- 4-7 Human-sized\n- 8-10 Like a horse, a cart, etc. (*large*)\n- 11-12 Like an elephant, or bigger (*huge*)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords-8", "title": "1d12 condition", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Sluggish/low power/inert\n- 3-4 Rusted/corroded/damaged\n- 5-6 Trapped/pinned/buried/bound\n- 7-8 Behaving erratically\n- 9-10 Roll 1d8 twice\n- 11-12 Fully functional", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--bronze-colossus", "title": "Bronze colossus", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *huge*, *construct*, *plodding*, *implacable*\n\n**HP** 31; **Armor** 4 (metal, lacks organs) **Damage** trample d10+5 (*hand*, *close*, *area*, *forceful*) or crushing hands d10+5 (*close*, *reach*, *forceful*, *grabby*) or hurled object d10+5 (*far*, *area*, *forceful*, *reload*)\n\n**Special qualities** fireproof, too big to hurt with most weapons, vulnerable to lightning\n\n**Instinct** to defend its creator's honor\n\n- ^ä Pretend to be \"just\" another statue\n- ^ä Come to life, screeching as it moves\n- ^ä Issue a booming challenge in a forgotten tongue\n- ^ä Block their path\n\nIt stands nearly 60 feet tall, a muscular Forge Lord cast in bronze. Similar statues loom about, each one grand and imposing. This statue, though, is shot through with blueish veins. And it feels like it's watching you. Because it is.\n\nThe colossus guards the entrance to its master's domain. If someone approaches honorably, speaking in the Forge Lord's tongue, it politely tells them to come again later, for its master is away. Intruders, blowhards, and thieves are dealt with forcibly.\n\n**Something interesting:** Those blueish veins are **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]**, and likely what animates the statue. Which, alas, means there's no single weak-point. Maybe you could harm this thing by drawing the lightning from it.\n\n**Something useful:** Or you could, you know, just blast it with lightning and overload it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--clockwork-spider", "title": "Clockwork spider", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "*Horde*, *small*, *construct*, *creepy* **HP** 7; **Armor** 2 (metal), 0 vs. crushing **Damage** many little pincers d4 (*hand*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special qualities** fireproof, blind, tremorsense, active only for short periods\n\n**Instinct** to get in the way\n\n- ^ä Skitter towards them, ominously\n- ^ä \"Watch\" intently, responding subtly to every move\n- ^ä Try to take things from their hands\n- ^ä Defend itself if attacked\n- ^ä Follow orders given in the Forge Lord's tongue, poorly\n\nThey're not really shaped like spiders, but that's what they make you think of. Picture a metal basket, holding gears and springs and a glowing central core. Articulated legs extend out, each ending in a little 3-clawed pincer. They squeak as they move, their many joints needing oil.\n\nThey were made to be little servants, extra sets of hands to help around a house or forge. Even now, they're just trying to help.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--iron-hound", "title": "Iron hound", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "*Horde*, *construct*, *undead*, *corrupted*, *tireless*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 4 (metal, lacks organs) **Damage** bite d6+2 (*hand*, *grabby*) **Special qualities** fireproof, heat-sensing **Instinct** to punish and torment\n\n- ^ä Follow the trail of its master's property\n- ^ä Fix its prey with a soul-chilling stare\n- ^ä Once it's bitten down: crush bone, shred muscle, tear apart (+*messy*, 3 piercing)\n\nThere was a Forge Lord who prized his hounds as much as he prized his treasure. When one would die, he'd capture its spirit in **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|red crystal]]** and set them as the eyes in a crudely-wrought effigy. If anyone would be so foolish as to steal from him, he would loose his iron hounds to punish not just the thief but all whose hands had sullied his property.\n\nThat Forge Lord is long gone, but his iron hounds remain. They've learned to leave their master's treasures lying about in plain sight, and to give thieves a nice long head start. For the more hands touch the stolen goods, the more victims they can claim.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--singing-sword", "title": "Singing sword", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *small*, *construct*, *lonely*, *dutiful* **HP** 19; **Armor** 4 (quick, made of metal) **Damage** cut, thrust, slash d10 w/advantage (*hand*, *messy*, 2 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** flies, fireproof, blind, heat-sense, bound to its hall\n\n**Instinct** to defend its hall, to ease its loneliness\n\n- ^ä Make a strange, ethereal song\n- ^ä Strike a warning blow, deft but nonlethal\n- ^ä Respond enthusiastically to music\n- ^ä Block their path with a razor's edge\n\nThis naked blade needs no wielder. It dances about the air, making music as it moves: every bob a hum; every slice a whistle.\n\nIt was set here long ago, as guardian to this crumbling hall. For ages it has kept its vigil. Yet, this is not some mindless thing waiting to cut down foes. It remembers and yearns for the days in which this hall was filled with light and laughter and—joy of joys—music!\n\nAnd so it waits. In the dark. Singing songs to itself that have not been heard by any living mortal ear. It waits, dutiful, and worries that it has misremembered the music it once knew. It waits. In the dark. Alone.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--draventao", "title": "Draventao", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *hoarder*, *paranoid*, *terrifying*, *fierce*\n\n**HP** 22; **Armor** 4 (scales, steel plates) **Damage** bite d12+3 w/ advantage (*close*, *reach*, *forceful*, *messy*, *grabby*, 1 piercing) **Special qualities** fireproof, bestial intellect,\n\n**Instinct** to protect itself and its hoard, from threats real or imagined\n\nslumbers for years at a time\n\n- ^ä Lure or drive intruders into a trap\n- ^ä Attack with sudden, terrible ferocity that makes even stout hearts falter\n- ^ä Suck in air, stoking its inner flames\n- ^ä Breath sticky fire, d10+3 damage (*near*, *area*, *grabby*, *messy*, *reload*, ignores armor)\n\nPicture a long and sinuous beast with serpentine scales, curled upon a pile of treasure, covered in a layer of long-cold soot or ash. Bits of rusted steel protrude from its flesh. Smoke drifts lazily from its nostrils. Charred and jagged teeth poke out from its sneering lips. An eye snaps open. It fixes you with a glare like a red-hot coal.\n\nHard to believe that this thing, this beast, was once a Maker. But it was. It was.\n\nA draventao is what remains of a Forge Lord. It survived the **[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]**, when its rivals moved against it, when its allies betrayed it, when even its loved ones came for it in the dark. It survived by Changing, by letting its inner fire burn until its heart was a blackened coal of wrath. It shed its once-beautiful form. It forced its servants to bolt living metal onto its now-twisted flesh and bones. Then it ate those servants.\n\nNow, mostly, it sleeps. For years at a time, it sleeps. It broods upon its treasure heap, loathe to leave its secret, trap-strewn lair. Only hunger draws it forth. Hunger, or vengeance to be had upon some brazen thief.\n\nPick or roll its particular strength, its metal augmentation, and what it remembers.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d6-particular-strength", "title": "1d6 particular strength", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "- 1 A steel-rending bite (3 piercing)\n- 2 Great size (*huge*, +4 HP, +2 damage)\n- 3 A glance that befuddles (*reach*, *area*)\n- 4 Breath that poisons as well as burns\n- 5 Blood that burns like lit naphtha, d10+1 damage (*hand*, *area*)\n- 6 A venomous stinger in its tail, d12+3 damage (*reach*, *forceful*, 1 piercing, weakens or paralyzes)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d6-augmentation", "title": "1d6 augmentation", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "- 1 Aetherium wings (Special quality +flies)\n- 2 Clockwork claw with sword-like talons, 1d10+5 damage (*hand*, *close*, *messy*, *forceful*, 1 piercing)\n- 3 Overlapping plates, protecting its belly (Armor 5 instead of 4)\n- 4 Nasty spikes all over, d12+3 damage (*close*, *area*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n- 5 Implanted bellows, stoking its breath (+2 damage)\n- 6 Roll twice", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "18-forge-lords--1d6-what-it-remembers", "title": "1d6 what it remembers", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "- 1 A word that makes water boil and metal glow red hot (*near*, *reload*)\n- 2 The bosom friend who betrayed it\n- 3 The child it could not save\n- 4 The lover who died to protect it\n- 5 The name by which others called it\n- 6 The lullaby its mother sang to it", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes", "title": "The Frozen Wastes", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "North of the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|Whitefang Mountains]]** lies a vast steppe, a windswept sea of shortgrass, sedge, and lichen. No trees grow here. The landscape is broken only by rocky outcrops, low moraines, and kettle lakes. It rarely snows and almost never rains, but hail is somewhat common.\n\nCaribou and mammoths graze the plateau, preyed on by wolves and saber-toothed cats and terrible things that crawl forth from the lakes in summer. Bands of mammoth herders roam in warmer months. But for the most part, it's an empty and forlorn place.\n\nFarther north, the plateau gets even colder, even windier, the steppe giving way to tundra. Eventually, a mountain-like wall of **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]** blocks the way, stretching across the horizon. The glacier is the final working of the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**. It seals a rift in the world, and keeps the worst of the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**) at bay. Mammoth herders come here to quarry dark ice, slowly chipping the glacier away.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Frozen Wastes" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--always", "title": "Always", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Frozen Wastes", "Impressions" ], "body": "- A landscape so wide and empty you can see the horizon curve\n- The constant wind, whispering and howling, tugging and lashing\n- Patterns forming in the windswept grass or snow, or the growth of flowers, like runes that fade just before you can read them\n- The swell of anger, the urge to inflict violence on your companions, as your temper and patience fray", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--spring", "title": "Spring", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Frozen Wastes", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Yellow and brown grass, splashed with pale violet flowers\n- Fields of standing water, just inches deep, reflecting the empty sky\n- Squelch and crackle of half-frozen soil underfoot", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--summer", "title": "Summer", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Frozen Wastes", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Days that last forever, the sun never truly setting\n- Mix of bright green grass, red lichen, white flowers\n- Swarms of insects, spawned from muddy soil\n- Birds and **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**1d6** instinct/moves|ice drakes]]** pecking at the soil or flocking to the sky", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--autumn", "title": "Autumn", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Frozen Wastes", "Impressions" ], "body": "- The world turned red and orange and golden\n- Long shadows in the low, low sun\n- Sharp cold edge to the wind\n- The restless foraging of small animals", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Frozen Wastes", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Endless night, the sun barely rising at noon\n- Thin carpet of frost and snow, shrubs and dead grass poking out\n- The ceaseless, gnawing wind and cold\n- The sense that you've made a terrible mistake in coming here", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--traversing-the-wastes", "title": "Traversing the Wastes", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Frozen Wastes" ], "body": "The Frozen Wastes are inhospitable in a way that southerners can barely comprehend. On any expedition into the wastes:\n\n- You need a knowledgeable guide, like a **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|mammoth herder]]**, who knows the ways of this place\n- You need lots of firewood or dried dung, for you'll find no fuel and even in the summer the \"nights\" can be freezing\n- The way will be grueling (from cold and mud and bugs); you risk exhausting yourselves/your supplies\n- You need to watch out for predators, like **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wolves]]** or mchebra-gris (**kleztigrs**, basically, see [[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|The Steplands]])\n- You need to watch out for kettle lakes, easily mistaken for ice or shallow standing water\n- You risk succumbing to the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**, which taints much of the Wastes", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Frozen Wastes" ], "body": "- What precious flower grows only in the Frozen Wastes, blooming for a few days each summer? Why is it so valuable?\n- What do you find most surprising about this place?\n- What do you find yourself missing the most, out here in vast and empty space?\n- What is \\_\\_\\_ doing, that you find so damned annoying?\n- If you had to kill \\_\\_\\_, how would you do it?\n- If it came down to it, which of your companions would you eat first?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Frozen Wastes" ], "body": "- A villain that the PCs want dead flees north, into the Frozen Wastes\n- Only one thing can kill the **[[08 - The Crombil#The Crombil|Crombil]]**, and it lies at the bottom of a kettle lake\n- The dark ice glacier that contains the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]** has begun to melt and recede", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes-2", "title": "Terrain", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Terrain" ], "body": "- 1 Kettle lake, small but dozens or hundreds of feet deep\n- 2-3 Stretch of shallow standing water/ice\n- 4-6 Wide open expanse, just grass and shrub for miles\n- 7-8 Large patch of mud/frozen mud\n- 9 Gentle slope/low ridge/small rise\n- 10 Low moraine, a small hill of broken stones and loose soil\n- 11 Rocky outcrop, a dozen feet tall at most\n- 12 Single, notable tree\n\nIf you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes-3", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d6).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 Change of terrain (previous column) and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**\n- 4 **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|Dark ice]]**\n- 5 A ruin or artifact of the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**\n- 6 An encounter (see below)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--1d6-encounter", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 A **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|mammoth herder]]** encampment, now deserted\n- 2 Small animals (fox, hares, rodents, birds, etc.)\n- 3 A herd of wild **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|mammoths]]** or **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|caribou]]**, wary, easily spooked/provoked\n- 4 A **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|spirit of the wild]]** or perhaps a **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|tulpa]]**, curious or indifferent\n- 5 **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|Mammoth herders]]**, seen in the distance, avoiding you\n- 6 **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|Mammoth herders]]**, approaching warily", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--mammoth-herders", "title": "Mammoth herders", "level": 3, "path": [ "Discoveries", "1d6 encounter" ], "body": "Here's a typical band:\n\n**Size** *hamlet* (~15-30 souls) **Population** +0", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--prosperity-1", "title": "Prosperity -1", "level": 4, "path": [ "Discoveries", "1d6 encounter", "Mammoth herders" ], "body": "- Trade with (pick 1 or 2)...\n - ... other mammoth herders\n - ... a farming valley\n - ... a fortress-monastery", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--resources", "title": "Resources", "level": 4, "path": [ "Discoveries", "1d6 encounter", "Mammoth herders" ], "body": "- Mammoths (wool, ivory, bone, dung)\n- Sleds/sledges of bone, hide, timber\n- Hunting (wild mammoths, caribou, hare, fish)\n- Gathering (timber, ivory, bone, flint, herbs, **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--defenses-0", "title": "Defenses +0", "level": 4, "path": [ "Discoveries", "1d6 encounter", "Mammoth herders" ], "body": "- Mammoth-mounted warriors\n- Hounds and hunting drakes\n- Spears/javelins tipped with dark ice, flint, bone, or bronze (*crude*)\n\nAbout half of each band are youngsters, with the rest being able-bodied adults. Elders rarely allow themselves to survive long enough to become a burden to the others. A band typically keeps a herd of 10 to 20 adult **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|mammoths]]**, plus a few young. They butcher their own beasts only when desperate, keeping them instead for wool, transport, and labor.\n\nA band spends the warmer months on the Frozen Wastes, but spend the colder months sheltering in the caves, ruins, and forests of the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|Whitefang Mountains]]**. They'll trade with **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Questions**|valley farms]]** or **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Monk**|fortress-monasteries]]** in spring, before heading out into the Wastes, or in autumn, before they encamp for the winter.\n\n**Something interesting:** Mammoth herders tend to be impeccably polite, with drawn-out, formal greetings and elaborate, almost artistic ways of doing everything from lacing up a parka to butchering a beast.\n\n**Something useful:** These rituals help identify those afflicted with the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**, who lack in patience and good grace. Alas, this means that mammoth herders interpret frustration or bad manners as a sign of being accursed.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes-4", "title": "Names", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Tibetan-inspired: Bhokhi, Cheyez, Dangyi, Gamyang, Lhing, Jongash, Nayan, Ningo, Nyayelar, Paing, Ramang, Samanz, Sewas, Tawaro, Tsaru, Tsetse, Wasen, Yenphi\n\n**The Frozen Wastes**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes-5", "title": "Trade & Barter", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--commonly-available", "title": "Commonly available", "level": 2, "path": [ "Trade & Barter" ], "body": "The following are special items in Stonetop, but commonly available among mammoth herders—if the PCs are on friendly terms with a band, they can acquire these items without having to roll. They do need to trade something of equal Value. Food, iron, glass, and wool are usually in demand. They have little to no use for finery.\n\n| goods | value |\n|----------------------------------|-------|\n| Ivory | |\n| a bit (comb, pendant, etc.) | 0* |\n| a substantial piece | 1* |\n| a mammoth tusk (immobile) | 2* |\n| cartload of mammoth tusks | 3* |\n| Dark ice (*magical*, see [[38 - Rime Lords#**Dark ice**\\|Rime Lords]]) | |\n| a small piece (magical) | 1 |\n| a large chunk (magical) | 2 |\n| with special characteristics | +1 |\n| a functional tool or weapon | +2 |\n| | |\n\n^\\* +1 if sold/traded on to anyone other than mammoth herders\n\n| livestock | value |\n|-----------------------------------------|-------|\n| Hound, follower (keen-nosed, fierce, | 1 |\n| tireless); HP 6; Damage d6 (hand, | |\n| grabby); Instinct to chase; Cost | |\n| a full belly | |\n| Hunting drake, follower (tiny, sharp- | 1 |\n| eyed, swift-winged); HP 3; Damage | |\n| d4 (hand); Instinct to test its limits; | |\n| Cost hours/days of training | |\n| Mammoth (huge, hardy, keen-nosed); | 3 |\n| HP 15; Damage d6+5 (reach, forceful, | |\n| or hand, area, forceful); Instinct to | |\n| suffer no insult or threat; sickly in | |\n| | |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--special-items", "title": "Special items", "level": 4, "path": [ "Trade & Barter", "Commonly available" ], "body": "The following might be acquired among mammoth herders, but the PCs must roll Trade & Barter to acquire them. This is in addition to the special items on the Moves & Gear handout.\n\nWhen PCs *Trade & Barter among a band of mammoth herders*, they use the local Prosperity (-1 by default) with disadvantage because it's a *hamlet*. On a 6-, they don't mark XP—this band simply doesn't have or want what the PCs are after/selling.\n\n| goods | value |\n|-----------------------------------|-------|\n| Pottery | 0 |\n| Bronze or iron items, of any sort | 1 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--services-and-favors", "title": "Services and favors", "level": 2, "path": [ "Trade & Barter" ], "body": "PCs don't need to roll Trade & Barter for the following, but they might need to Persuade people—even if they offer something of suitable Value. If the PCs are well-regarded by a band, they might get these boons for free, or without needing to Persuade anyone, or at a reduced price.\n\n| service/favor | value |\n|--------------------------------------------|-------|\n| A few nights of hospitalilty at their camp | 0 |\n| Labor for a day or two | 1 |\n| Accompanying the PCs to a place… | |\n| they were heading towards anyhow | 0 |\n| a few days out of their way | 1 |\n| they have no business going | 2 |\n| that they know to be cursed | 3 |\n\nwarmer climes", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes-6", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- Brutal cold and ceaseless wind, leading to **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|hypothermia & frostbite]]**\n- Hail storms—annoying, pelting (d4 damage), smashing (d6 damage)\n- Mud—sucking, cold, exhausting\n- Slippery footing\n- Still, reflective water hiding a sudden, plunging drop into a kettle\n- In summer: swarms of midges/ mosquitos—annoying, distracting, painful, diseased\n- Getting lost or misjudging time in the vast featureless terrain\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|Whispers and visions]]**, pushing people towards bloodshed, cruelty, and savagery\n- Places tainted by the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "- **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**1d6** instinct/moves|Ice drakes]]**, especially in warmer months\n- **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|Kleztigrs]]**, called \"mchebragris\" in the local tongue\n- **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|Wolves]]**\n- A **[[14 - The Flats#**Frythanc**|frythanc]]**, nesting in the Whitefangs and preying on caribou or even mammoths\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Wraiths]]** of those who died of starvation and want, or corrupted by the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirits of the wild]]**\n- **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|Tulpas]]**, free-roaming or bound to something nearby\n- **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Kyakaara]]**, perhaps what remains of a corrupted band of mammoth herders", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes-7", "title": "Caribou", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*Horde*, *hardy*\n\n**HP** 7; **Armor** 0 **Damage** antlers/hoofs d6 (*hand*, *close*) **Instinct** to stampede\n\n- ä Run back to the herd\n- ä Huddle close at signs of danger\n- ä Stampede, d6+4 damage (*hand*, *area*, *messy*, *forceful*, 1 piercing)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--mammoth", "title": "Mammoth", "level": 3, "path": [ "Caribou" ], "body": "*Horde*, *huge*, *hardy*\n\n**HP** 15; **Armor** 1 (fur/hide)\n\n**Damage** tusks d6+5 (*reach*, *forceful*) or trample d6+5 (*hand*, *area*, *forceful*)\n\n**Instinct** to suffer no insult or threat\n\n- ä Trumpet in warning\n- ä Toss someone or something aside\n- ä Charge, often abruptly", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "19-the-frozen-wastes--mammoth-herder", "title": "Mammoth herder", "level": 2, "path": [ "Caribou" ], "body": "*Horde*, *hardy*, *cautious*, *organized*, *clever*\n\n**HP** 7; **Armor** 1 (thick hides & furs) **Damage** long spears d6 (*reach*, *crude*) or\n\njavelins with atlatls d6 (*far*, *reload*, *crude*) **Instinct** to put their people and their\n\n- herd first ä Greet someone from a distance, politely and formally\n- ä Remain calm as they prepare for violence\n- ä Work or fight in tandem with their mammoth(s), dogs, and hunting drakes", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion", "title": "Gods and Religion", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--gods-and-religion", "title": "Gods and religion", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gods and Religion" ], "body": "The village of Stonetop maintains a pavilion of the gods, an open-air structure with shrines to four main gods:\n\n- **Aratis**, the Lawkeeper [[03 - Aratis, the Lawkeeper|Aratis, the Lawkeeper]]\n- **Danu**, the Earth Mother [[09 - Danu, the Earth Mother|Danu, the Earth Mother]]\n- **Helior**, the Daybringer [[25 - Helior, the Daybringer|Helior, the Daybringer]]\n- **Tor**, the Rain-maker [[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker|Tor, the Rain-maker]], the Thunderhead, Slayer-of-Beasts\n\nTor is the most popular god in Stonetop, and associated with the **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#**The village of Stonetop**|Stone]]** itself, but all four gods receive their proper respect. Depending on the PCs in will feature more prominently in a game", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gods and Religion" ], "body": "- Who tends the pavilion of the gods?\n- Are Stonetop's gods part of a coherent pantheon? Or a mix of gods from different cultures?\n- What little gods are revered by your family/in Stonetop/where you grew up?\n- What other gods are known in Stonetop? Do any have shrines in the pavilion? Which god, if any, do you consider", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gods and Religion" ], "body": "- Someone vandalizes one/all of the shrines in the pavilion.\n- The devotee of a foreign god arrives in Stonetop, preaching strange rites.\n- A saint or prophet of a new or forgotten god arises in **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]** or **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**, upsetting the balance of powers there.\n- Someone offends their household god(s); misfortune ensues.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--true-nature", "title": "True nature", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gods and Religion" ], "body": "\"God\" is not a distinct category of being. If a spirit or entity receives offerings and prayers, and responds in kind, then it's a god.\n\nThe origin of any given god is for you and your table to decide. A god might be…\n\n- … one of the **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|great spirits]]**, there at the dawn of time, or birthed spontaneously from the fabric of existence, or made by the **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Cosmology**|First Creators]]** as a steward of the world;\n- … a **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Thing Below]]**, or an emanation of such;\n- … a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**, transformed through worship;\n- … the child of other gods, or of a god and a mortal;\n- … a mortal, ascended/transcended/reborn;\n- … a mortal, revered in death;\n- … a spirit born from humanity's beliefs;\n- … one of the above, but also part of a duality/triumvirate; or\n- … one of the above, but died and reborn.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--divine-intervention", "title": "Divine intervention", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gods and Religion" ], "body": "Gods shape the world in subtle ways: through synchronicity, dreams, and omens, or by acting in the spirit world. Even Tor, who sometimes walks the world, limits himself to testing mortals and bestowing gifts and curses.\n\nEvery so often, though, a god will touch a mortal and imbue them with divine power. They then send that mortal forth as their instrument in the world. Such mortals become prophets or saints, heroes or villains, and help shape the world for generations to come. If you have the Blessed, the Judge, the Lightbearer, or the Storm-marked Heavy among your PCs, they might well be one of these god-touched mortals.\n\nShould the PCs wish a god to intervene on their behalf, they can **petition** them (see next page). Should the PCs offend a god, or oppose one, or otherwise draw its ire, write that god up as a threat (a *magical entity*).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--religion", "title": "Religion", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gods and Religion" ], "body": "For most people in the World's End, religion is not about faith or morality. It's a practical matter. The gods *are*, and they influence the world. You perform rites and make offerings in order to gain their favor and avert their wrath. Even priests and the like aren't necessarily devoted to the gods they serve; they just know what the gods expect and how to read their signs.\n\nThere are, however, some mortals who feel a profound connection to their god(s). Such devotees give offerings gladly. They aspire to emulate their god(s), to heed their teachings and spread their glory.\n\nDevotees might form fellowships with the like-minded, which in time can become institutions: formal priesthoods, mystery cults, temples, and the like. Such institutions can be powerful forces in the world. They might preserve knowledge, legitimize leaders, protect innocents, or otherwise stabilize societies. But they might also grow corrupt, fat on power and privilege, run by cynics rather than true devotees.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--petitioning-the-gods", "title": "Petitioning the gods", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gods and Religion" ], "body": "Religion is an expected part of daily life. You help in the fields, you clean your house, and you give the gods their due. There's no extra benefit for performing the usual rites or offerings. But if you fail to do them, you invite disapproval from your neighbors and misfortune from the gods.\n\nPCs can seek the favor of the gods in order to **[[15 - Homefront#**Player moves**|Bolster]]**. This involves time and effort, rites and offerings above and beyond what's typical and expected. Be sure to ask the PC for details! What god(s) do they petition? What sort of aid do they seek? What offerings do they make? Consider, too, the consequences. What other work goes undone? How do NPCs react? Etc.\n\nShould a PC seek a specific boon from the gods—a curse lifted, an injury healed, a curse laid upon a foe, an answer or an insight, etc.—then Make a Plan! Some example requirements include:\n\n You must learn the proper rites/offerings You must obtain a specific sacred object You'll need the help of a particular spirit You'll need to wait for an auspicious date/time You must travel to a particular sacred site The rites will take hours/day/weeks You must make an appropriate sacrifice (Value 2 at least) You risk angering the god(s)\n\nChoose requirements based on the PC's request, the god(s) they petition and how they are typically worshipped, the PC's relationship to the god(s), and how active the gods are in your particular game.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--little-gods", "title": "Little gods", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gods and Religion" ], "body": "These are the gods of households, of specific places or geographic features, of particular chores or crafts or trades. Many are just **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|elemental spirits]]** worshipped at a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Sacred sites|sacred site]]**. But others are spirits closely tied to humanity.\n\nLittle gods mostly just do their thing, quietly watching over their people or places, keeping things running or causing trouble, as is their wont. A little god can:\n\n- ^ä Reveal what it knows, from its own perspective, to those who can speak to it\n- ^ä Calm/annoy/frighten animals or children\n- ^ä Move/hide/reveal an unattended item\n- ^ä Express displeasure through accidents, misfortunes, neglect\n- ^ä Fend off other spirits\n\nLittle gods manifest only to small children or at the beck and call of someone like a Blessed or **[[26 - Hillfolk#Upland horse|spirit-talker]]**. When they do manifest, treat them more like NPCs than monsters.\n\nHere are some example little gods. Feel free to modify them, expand on them, and ask the PCs questions about them.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion-2", "title": "Ancestral spirits", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*Group*, *spirit*, *protective*, *conservative* **Instinct** to protect their family's honor. **Manifests** in dreams, as drafty whispers. **Expects** an altar, prayers, incense/libations. **Notes** Like grandparents who don't quite get you.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--garden-spirits", "title": "Garden spirits", "level": 3, "path": [ "Ancestral spirits" ], "body": "*Horde*, *spirit*, *coy*, *needy* **Instinct** (roll 1d4) 1 = to languish;\n\n- 2 = to run rampant; 3 = to show off;\n- 4 = to give back.\n\n**Manifests** as flower-folk and little creatures. **Expects** first fruits, water, blood.\n\n**Notes** Many voices talking over each other.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--god-of-the-cistern", "title": "God of the Cistern", "level": 3, "path": [ "Ancestral spirits" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *gloomy*, *patient*\n\n**Instinct** to keep secrets.\n\n**Manifests** as an echo in the dark, as a misty figure.\n\n**Expects** water, snow, coins, wishes. **Notes** Desperately wants to know how\n\nvarious tales end(ed).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--god-of-weaving", "title": "God of weaving", "level": 4, "path": [ "Ancestral spirits", "God of the Cistern" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *exacting*, *insightful* **Instinct** to reward diligence, to punish perfectionism.\n\n**Manifests** as a spider, as idle thoughts. **Expects** one perfect bit of fabric to dwell in, at least one minor flaw in everything else. **Notes** A trickster (tangles yarn, snaps your warp), sometimes a wise councilor.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion-3", "title": "God of whisky", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *secretive*, *grandiose* **Instinct** to take its sweet time.\n\n**Manifests** as a vaporous figure. **Expects** the head & tail of each batch. **Notes** Passionate about flavors, smells.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--hearth-spirit", "title": "Hearth spirit", "level": 2, "path": [ "God of whisky" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *friendly*, *nurturing* **Instinct** to belong.\n\n**Manifests** as pops & whispers, as an impish little person.\n\n**Expects** warm greetings, friendly banter, little offerings cast into the flames.\n\n**Notes** Natters on quietly even if no one's present.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--household-spirits", "title": "Household spirits", "level": 3, "path": [ "God of whisky", "Hearth spirit" ], "body": "*Group*, *spirit*, *helpful*, *mischievous*\n\n**Instinct** to easily take offense.\n\n**Manifests** as gnomish little folk.\n\n**Expects** bowls of goat's milk, bits of bread. **Notes** Complain loudly to each other, grumble about leaving if things don't improve.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion--threshold-spirit", "title": "Threshold spirit", "level": 2, "path": [ "God of whisky" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *protective*, *vigilant*\n\n**Instinct** to dislike outsiders.\n\n**Manifests** as a grumpy little person. **Expects** sprinkles of salt, poured-out whisky, reverent touches.\n\n**Notes** Crosses arms, puffs up, harrumphs.\n\nSee also the following **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|elemental spirits]]**361):\n\n- Beast wardens (for livestock)\n- Fertility spirits\n- Meadow/prairie/grass spirits (for the fields)\n- Rock/stone spirits (for the Stone or the Ringwall)\n- Stream/creek spirit (for the Stream).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion-4", "title": "Other gods", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "To create a new god, choose or roll for 1 or 2 themes, who they are relevant to, their standing, and up to 3 observances.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion-5", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Thresholds/change/trickery/chaos\n- 2 Competition/violence/murder/ warfare\n- 3 Moon/stars/night/sleep/dreams/ revelation\n- 4 Skill/crafts/learning/writing/wisdom\n- 5 Travel/trade/navigation/enterprise\n- 6 Luck/prosperity/fortune/fate\n- 7 Hearth/home/marriage/family/ community/civilization\n- 8 Fertility/birth/vigor/sickness/death\n- 9 Agriculture/hunting/seasons/ weather\n- 10 Music/art/beauty/passion/revelry\n- 11 Bravery/justice/oaths/protection\n- 12 Fire/rebirth/hope/light/sun", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion-6", "title": "1d12 relevant to", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 A specific household/family\n- 3-4 A particular village/band/clan\n- 5-6 A minority within a larger people (e.g. Manmarcher smiths)\n- 7-8 A whole people (e.g. Manmarchers)\n- 9-10 A minority across multiple peoples (e.g. thieves everywhere)\n- 11-12 Many different peoples\n\nA deity who is relevant to multiple peoples might have different standing and observances among each.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion-7", "title": "1d12 standing", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Obscure, forgotten, misunderstood\n- 3-5 Avoided, propitiated, appeased\n- 6 Revered in secret\n- 7-9 Invoked only when needed\n- 10-11 Given due respect and honor\n- 12 Adored, praised, heaped with gratitude", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "20-gods-and-religion-8", "title": "1d12 observance", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Charity/the care of \\_\\_/ the cultivation of \\_\\_\n- 2 Dancing/intoxication/ ecstatic practice\n- 3 Divination/augury/prophecy\n- 4 Elaborate prayers/ceremonies/ gatherings\n- 5 Fashioning of icons/symbols/ monuments\n- 6 Fasting/ascetic denial/extreme endurance\n- 7 Libations/offerings of material wealth (burnt, buried, etc.)\n- 8 Pilgrimage/hermitage\n- 9 Sacrifice (animal/blood/human)\n- 10 Taboo/proscribed behaviors\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 again, twice, but one of them is done in secret\n\nFrom there, envision the god's specific sphere of influence, how it is depicted, its rites, its myths, and its **[[20 - Gods and Religion#**1d12** observance|true nature]]**.\n\nTo name your god, use one of these methods:\n\n- Pick a word associated with the god, translate it into an appropriate language, then change it a little (\"threshold\" >> \"trothwy\" in Welsh >> \"Troth\")\n- Pick a deity from actual mythology or popular culture, and change a letter or two (\"Thor\" >> \"Tor\").\n\nThen give them one or more titles, kennings, or honorifics to reflect their portfolio. Minor gods might have only a title; \"She Who Threads the Needle\" might go by no other name than that.\n\nIf this god will cause ongoing trouble for the PCs or the village, write it up as a threat (a *magical entity*).\n\n*[[47 - Three Coven Lake#Three Coven Lake|The PCs are approaching Three Coven Lake]]**[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|, and I've decided that a group of Hillfolk]]* *called The White Hand patrol the area. Their god tells them to keep outsiders away and to keep the horrors of the lake at bay. I consider having them worship Helior, but decide to make up a new god instead.*\n\n*I start by picking a theme of \"bravery/justice/oaths/protection,\" but also roll a second theme for flavor. I get a 12, focusing on \"fire/rebirth\". Then I roll a 6 for relevance (\"minority within a larger people\"), an 8 for standing ('invoked only when needed\"), and 8 for observances (\"pilgrimage/hermitage\"). I could use a bit more, so I roll another observance: 5 (\"fashioning of monuments\"). I look at the possible true natures, ponder a bit, and settle on this:*\n\n*The White Hand worship Gyndorn of the Cleansing Flame, a hero of the Hillfolk who led an uprising against the Barrow Builders* [[05 - Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]*, and whose name the Hillfolk invoke when facing unholy evil.* \n\n*Gyndorn charged her followers with eternal vigilance. She calls warriors and spirit-talkers from all tribes to pass through a sacred flame and be reborn as members of the White Hand. Members of the sect follow a circuit around the lakes that Gyndorn took herself, marking certain landmarks with white handprints each time they pass. And each band in the sect carries a consecrated flame with them as they go.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak", "title": "The Golden Oak", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**The Golden Oak**\n\nOn a clear day, sharp-eyed folk in Stonetop can spot the Golden Oak, gleaming at the horizon and dwarfing the trees around it. According to the tales of the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**, a hero buried at the roots of the Oak can find their way back from beyond the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Questions**|Last Door]]**. But no one from Stonetop has ever made it there and back.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Golden Oak" ], "body": "- When was Stonetop's last expedition to the Golden Oak? Who were they trying to save?\n- What other tales have you heard about the Oak? How much of them do you believe?\n- Who would have to die for you to risk a journey to the Golden Oak?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--getting-there", "title": "Getting there", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Golden Oak" ], "body": "**Something interesting:** The Golden Oak doesn't quite exist in this world, at least not anymore. It can only be reached through Fae pathways, at great risk and personal cost.\n\nWhen you *travel towards the Golden Oak in the mundane world*, you never reach it. Even if you were to fly above the trees, it would remain always out of reach, its bearing shifting.\n\n**Something useful:** To reach the Golden Oak, you must…\n\n- learn to walk the Fae paths (see **[[53 - Waystones#Waystones|way stones]]**);\n- follow the Fae paths to a specific set of waystones, those closest to the Oak;\n- find a secret crossing and face its guardian, set there by the **Lady of Crows** herself [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death's Door**|Death and the Undying]]; and\n- pay the Lady's due to make the crossing.\n\nWhen you *pay the Lady's due*, choose 1 as a group:\n\n- Present a marker of the **Pale Hunter**'s favor [[35 - The Pale Hunter|The Pale Hunter]], honestly earned\n- Each of you must make a sacrifice. Cross off a move you possess; it is gone and you cannot regain it. (Followers cross off a tag of the GM's choice instead.)\n- One of your number passes willingly through the Last Door, their body gone, never to be seen again.\n\nWhen you *make the crossing*, you glimpse the Last Door and what lies beyond. Tell\n\n**The Golden Oak**\n\nthat tells you that something is making you more angry, savage, and violent?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--the-savage-curse", "title": "The savage curse", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Golden Oak" ], "body": "This was once a hub of the **Green Lords**' civilization [[24 - Green Lords#Names|Names]]. When the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]** rebelled and turned on their masters, they claimed it for themselves. The surviving Lords laid a curse of primal savagery on the place. The rebel Fae abandoned it and the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death's Door**|Lady of Crows]]** sealed it away.\n\nWhen you *are under the vast canopy of the Golden Oak*…\n\n- … and you **Persuade using anything but violence or threats**, the best you can get is a 7-9.\n- … and you **give in to the savagery in your heart**, regain 2d8 HP and become larger, more muscular, more bestial. Gain advantage when you roll STR and disadvantage when you roll WIS until you leave this place.\n- … and you **fight with no mercy, hesitation, or remorse**, roll damage with advantage.\n- … and you **seek to make something, heal someone, or repair something**, roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, you can work as long\n\nus what you see.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--setting-the-scene", "title": "Setting the scene", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Golden Oak" ], "body": "The Golden Oak itself is enormous, so big as to defy any sense of scale. The bark is pale and luminous, and the glittering canopy is distant as the sky.\n\n- What detail do you notice that drives home the fact that everything here is huge and massive?\n- What here tells you this is a place of primal, unchecked vitality?\n- What do you notice about yourself,\n\nas you keep focused on your task; **on a 7-9**, you make some progress, but are easily distracted, frustrated, or enraged.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Golden Oak", "Setting the scene" ], "body": "Pick 1, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--1d6-danger", "title": "1d6 danger", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Golden Oak", "Setting the scene", "Dangers" ], "body": "- 1 Enormous vermin—dog-sized, mansized, horse-sized, or worse—each with some uncanny trait or mutation\n- 2 Gargantuan beasts, crashing about you, disinterested and unconcerned\n- 3 **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Specters]]** of betrayed Green Lords, like roving storms of hate\n- 4 **[[12 - Fae#**The Bloody Boots**|Hollow Fae]]**, trapped here for ages, mad with soul-hunger\n- 5 Pockets of dangerous old magic, ready to ensnare, rend, or mutate", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--1d6-danger-2", "title": "1d6 danger", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Golden Oak", "Setting the scene", "Dangers" ], "body": "6 An overwhelming urge to fight, to hurt, to kill. If they act on the impulse, they mark XP. If they resist, they are Defying Danger (probably with WIS).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Golden Oak" ], "body": "Pick 1, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Golden Oak", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 A small pocket of safety: a cave, an old ruin, a hollow in a massive tree\n- 2 The remains of a Green Lord or a rebel warrior, strangely well preserved\n- 3 A dead beast: enormous, half-eaten, teeming with vermin\n- 4 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**, growing in preposterous proportions\n- 5 A mad hermit, trapped here and lost in time (perhaps from a previous expedition?)\n- 6 An artifact of... (roll d12)\n - 1-7 The **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]**\n - 8-11 The **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**\n - 12 The **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--treasures-of-the-golden-oak", "title": "Treasures of the Golden Oak", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Golden Oak" ], "body": "- A living leaf from the Golden Oak can be made into a **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Goldleaf Cloak|Goldleaf Cloak]]**.\n- With proper tools and knowledge, the bark can be harvested to craft weapons or armor (2 armor, *warm*, *cumbersome*) that is hard as iron and bane to undead or things from beyond the Last Door.\n- A golden acorn, harvested in autumn, can be planted elsewhere to grow a **Golden Sapling** (see sidebar).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--buried-at-the-roots", "title": "Buried at the roots", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Golden Oak" ], "body": "When you *bury a corpse at the roots of the Golden Oak*, close to the trunk, roll and add…\n\n- … +1 if the corpse has not yet started to rot;\n- … +1 if they died bravely in their prime; and\n- … +1 if their name is still well-known.\n\n**On a 10+**, they return from beyond the Last Door when the sun next rises, whole and healthy though likely shaken; **on a 7-9**, they do not yet rise, but maybe if you give it another night? **On a 6-**, they return, but something else comes with them, something dangerous and dark, something now tied to them in a deep and primal way.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--steading-improvement", "title": ". steading improvement .", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Golden Oak" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "21-the-golden-oak--golden-sapling", "title": "GOLDEN SAPLING", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Golden Oak" ], "body": "Requires all of the following, in order:\n\n- Retrieve an acorn from the boughs of the Golden Oak in late autumn\n- Plant the acorn in the fields near Stonetop, watering it with the lifeblood of a great virile beast, like an aurochs bull\n- Nurture and protect the sapling through 4 years of growth\n\nWhen you *mark all the requirements*, add \"Golden Sapling\" to the Resources list and automatically mark the **Greater Harvest** improvement.\n\nHenceforth, when the steading generates Surplus, even just 1, it generates +1 Surplus.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve", "title": "Gordin's Delve", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**Size** *town* (~700 to 800 souls)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--population-2", "title": "Population +2", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--prosperity-0", "title": "Prosperity +0", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- Trade with... ... Marshedge (wheat, flax, rope, textiles, herbs, glass)\n - ... Stonetop (barley, potatoes, furs, whisky)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--resources", "title": "Resources", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- Mining (iron, copper, lead, tin, silver)\n- Trades (smithing, tinkering)\n- Timber\n- Goats\n- Aqueduct", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--defenses-1", "title": "Defenses -1", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- Maker-ramparts\n- Unassailable position\n\nFor centuries, it was just a pile of **Forge Lord** ruins [[18 - Forge Lords|Forge Lords]] at the end of the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|West Road]]**, up in the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**. A few generations back, ambitious folk started hauling ore out of the Delves. Foundry got built, merchants showed up, and coin flowed in—along with a constant trickle of folks seeking opportunity, or with nowhere else to go.\n\nThere's no town council, not even a militia to speak of. And unlike Stonetop, there ain't much sense of community. Some folks got friends, and allies, and reputations to lean on. But when it comes right down to it, sure seems like everyone's only looking out for themselves.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- When was the last round of violence between the Delvers and the Hillfolk? What did it cost you, personally?\n- Which of you have been here before? When? Why?\n- Who up here should you never, ever cross?\n- Who's the merchant who trades with Stonetop the most?\n- Who left Stonetop to come up here? What's the last you've heard of them?\n- What are they said to eat up here, besides goats and imported grain?\n- According to the stories you've heard, who the hell was Gordin?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--places", "title": "Places", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- **The slopes near town**, all sludge and mud and tree stumps, mining camps and goat herds\n- **Sorrow's Gate**, where the West Road ends, a sprawl of tents, no permanent structures on the pave stones\n- **The Arms**, two ridges that cradle the town, Maker-ruins clinging to their sides\n- **Foundry**, a brick slab squatted at the town's foot, belching smoke and slurry\n- **The ancient aqueduct**, still in use, feeding Foundry and turning its waterwheel\n- **The Terraces**, seven of them, crowded with shops, stables, tenements, alleys, and people. Make-do construction lashed to humbling ruins\n- **The Swap**, an open-air market for labor, second-hand goods, questionable food or pleasures, and the odd Delve-finds\n- **A half-dozen walled-off compounds**, claiming the best spots, built into Maker-ruins\n- **The three Delves**, gaping tunnels into the dark, miners coming and going", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--people", "title": "People", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "No one is from here originally. Even folks born here, their parents or grandparents came from somewhere else. For any NPC, pick or roll where they're from and what brought them. Pick a name based on their origins, maybe with an epithet like \"the Knife,\" \"Gaptooth,\" \"Limper,\" \"Boils,\" \"the Yellow,\" or \"Go-Between.\"", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--1d12-where-they-re-from", "title": "1d12 where they're from", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- 1-2 Lygos, or other points south\n- 3-5 Marshedge\n- 6-7 The Manmarch\n- 8 Stonetop\n- 9 The Steplands (Hillfolk)\n- 10 Barrier Pass (or beyond)\n- 11-12 Grew up here; reroll for parents", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--1d12-what-brought-them", "title": "1d12 what brought them", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- 1-3 Seeking their fortune\n- 4-5 To join family/friends\n- 6-9 A bad turn, nowhere else to go\n- 10 On the run\n- 11 Happenstance, fate, dumb luck\n- 12 Dragged here against their will\n\n**The Bosses** each run big parts of the local economy; everyone in town relies on what they control. Their positions are far from stable, and when one topples, there's turmoil. Each is attended by 10-15 family, servants, and retainers.\n\n- Mutra the Teeth (mines, timber)\n- Odo Thriceborn (mines, housing)\n- Honest Draigh (trade with Marshedge, food)\n- Jahalim of the Keys (Foundry)\n- Smiling Ffransis (water, booze)\n\n**Merchants** bring goods and raw material in and out of Gordin's Delve. Most are backed by one of the Bosses, but one or two manage the careful dance of independence. (~10 operations, or ~25 souls total)\n\n**The Keeps** keep the town running, such that it does. They run the trades, the shops, the inns, the boarding houses, the hostelries, the dens of vice. They don't mine the Delves, they mine the miners. And the Bosses mine *them*. (~50 souls, including family and apprentices)\n\n**Miners** make up the bulk of the town. Small crews work what claims they can, usually veins far down the Delves or dotting the slopes. They'll be gone for days on end. The Bosses' crews are bigger, working the best veins on day/night shifts. It's hard work, that barely pays enough to get by. (~250 souls)\n\n**Prospectors** work alone or in small teams, seeking new claims and selling them to mining crews. They also sell Maker artifacts to the Bosses when they can, or else at the Swap for whatever they can get. Prospecting is terribly dangerous, but a way to make good coin fast. (~5-10 souls at any given time)\n\n**Smelters** work at Foundry, processing raw ore into iron, copper, silver, lead, and tin. There's a handful of skilled smiths, too, but mostly it's hard, hot, dangerous work. Pay's decent, though, and you don't have to go down the Delves. (~50 souls, working in shifts)\n\n**Loggers** ply the mountainsides for timber and haul it back to town, for construction or to fuel hearths and Foundry's furnace. The nearby slopes were stripped clean long ago, so nowadays loggers range farther out into the mountains. Hard, dangerous work that takes folks away from town for weeks at a time. (~50 souls)\n\n**The desperate** can't find work or can't keep it, due to injury, infirmity, or temperament. They take what gigs they can, or they scavenge, or they die slowly out near Sorrow's Gate. Some turn to robbery and theft, but unless they're very good, they're beaten or killed by victims, mobs, or other cutthroats. And if you are very good at thuggery? Well, the Bosses probably have work for you. (~100-200 souls, always in flux)\n\n**Beyond that**, another ~100-150 souls do odd jobs: goat herding, butchering, hauling water, cleaning and cooking, working for the Keeps or the Bosses as staff or muscle or entertainment or a combination of all three. They often live with their employers, or their stock.\n\nThere are very few full-time homemakers in Gordin's Delve; almost everybody works or hustles a little. Even kids are put to work as soon as possible. It's not a nice place, not at all.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--trade-barter", "title": "Trade & Barter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--commonly-available", "title": "Commonly available", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "The following are special items in Stonetop, but commonly available in Gordin's Delve-PCs can acquire them here without having to roll. They do need to trade something of equal Value. Stonetop trade goods (whisky, furs, barley, potatoes) are always in demand.\n\n| weapons & armor | value |\n|---|---|\n| Common weapons (iron or bronze) | 0 |\n| Common weapons (steel, 1 piercing) | 1 |\n| Weapons of war (iron or bronze) | 1 |\n| Weapons of war (steel, 1 piercing) | 2 |\n| Hauberk/cuirass/scale (2 armor , warm, clumsy ) | 2 |\n\n| goods | value |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- |\n| Lantern ( hours , reach , area ) | 0 |\n| Small metal tool (chisel, file, shears, etc.) | 0 |\n| Block & tackle | 0 |\n| Metal tools (drill, prybar, saw, etc.) | 0 |\n| Mirror, hand-held, polished bronze | 1 |\n| Wheelbarrow | 1 |\n| Cart (requires donkey/mule/horse) | 2 |\n| Spare parts for cart/wagon (wheels, axles, struts, uses, immobile ) | 2 |\n| Cartload of timber ( immobile ) | 2 |\n| Cartload of copper/lead/tin/iron | 2 |\n\n| coin | value |\n|---|---|\n| Purse of coppers (~10 handfuls) | 0 |\n| Handful of silvers | 1 |\n| Purse of silvers (~10 handfuls) | 2 |\n\n| food & lodging | value |\n|---|---|\n| Camping near Sorrow's Gate (*cold*, *risky*) | free |\n| Food & drink for a small party | 0 |\n| Provisions (2-12 uses) | 0 |\n| Lodgings, decent (for a small party up to a week, food included) | 1 |\n| Night of fine living (for one) | 1 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--special-items", "title": "Special items", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "The following might be acquired in Gordin's Delve, in addition to special items from the Moves & Gear handout. PCs must roll Trade & Barter to acquire them.\n\nWhen PCs Trade & Barter in Gordin's Delve , they use the local Prosperity (+0 by default) with advantage because it's a town . On a 6, they don't mark XP; they must talk to one of the Bosses if they want to acquire/sell it.\n\n| goods | value |\n|---|---|\n| A lock and key | 1 |\n| Silver jewelry | 1 |\n| A small silver mirror | 2 |\n| An object of black iron [[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**\\|Primordial Powers]] | +2 |\n| An object of orichalcum (see [[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|Forge Lords]]) | +2 |\n\n| food & lodging | value |\n|---|---|\n| Humble, cramped apartment to call your own | 2 |\n| Modest house or shop | 3 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--trade-opportunities", "title": ". trade opportunities .", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "If the PCs get a trade opportunity (from the Seasons Change move), Gordin's Delve might offer the following:\n\n- A good exchange rate, two or even three Value 2 items for 1 Surplus.\n- A cartload of timber or metal (Value 2), in exchange for help with a problem.\n- A cartload of timber (Value 2) every season for a year, in exchange for 1 Surplus now\n- A tradesperson (engineer, foreman, smith, etc.) willing to move to Stonetop for a price\n- An arcanum of the Stone Lords [[43 - Stone Lords|Stone Lords]], Forge Lords [[18 - Forge Lords|Forge Lords]], or Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|The Things Below]].", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--moves", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--ask-around", "title": "ASK AROUND", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "When you spend a purse of coppers and a few hours asking around town , say what you hope to learn and roll +CHA: on a 10+ , you get a clear and useful answer; on a 7-9 , you get an answer but pick 1:\n\n- It's incomplete, contradictory, or unclear, but the GM will say how you could learn more\n- It'll cost you another purse of coppers\n- You've drawn unwanted attention or gotten yourself embroiled in a situation of the GM's choosing", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--carouse", "title": "CAROUSE", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "When you spend a handful of silvers having a good time , roll +CHA: on a 10+ , pick 2; on a 7-9 , pick 1:\n\n- You spread a rumor or tale far and wide\n- You make a loyal new friend\n- You learn something useful or juicy\n- You avoid getting swindled, tricked, or entangled in someone else's trouble", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--recruit", "title": "RECRUIT", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "When you put out word that you're hiring , say who you're looking for, what the job is, and what you're offering (the GM will veto if you're being unreasonable). Then roll and add…\n\n- … +1 if your offer is generous;\n- … +1 if the work conditions aren't terrible;\n- … +1 if you've got a solid reputation hereabouts.\n\nOn a 10+ , you find someone, but pick 1; on a 7-9 , you find someone but pick 2.\n\n- They lack some of the skills you wanted\n- They suffer from some impairment or vice (GM's choice)\n- You draw unwanted attention in the process\n- They have debts or obligations that you need to clear up first\n\n| services | value |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- |\n| Someone to keep an eye on things for a week | 0 |\n| A bit of crude, one-sided violence | 0 |\n| A guide into the slopes/Delves, for a day | 0 |\n| A crew of miners/woodcutters, for a week | 1 |\n| A prospector, to take you to a secret or dangerous part of the Delves | 1 |\n| Atrustworthy live-in servant, for a season | 1 |\n| A bodyguard/muscle, for a few days | 1 |\n| A targeted killing, discrete | 1 |\n| An engineer/foreman, for a big project | 2 |\n\nAn assassination, someone important", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--secrets", "title": "Secrets", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- **The Red Door** is a well-known feature down in the **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#**The Delves**|First Delve]]**, a 20-foot tall slab of **[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]** , inlaid with hundreds of patterned tiles. Some are missing, allowing the tiles to be slid around. When the tiles are in the exact right spots, the Red Door will open. Hints to the correct arrangement are hidden in old mosaics throughout Gordin's Delve.\n- **An established shopkeep** (like a chandler, a publican, an innkeeper, maybe even a barber?) has a habit of killing folks who won't be missed. They're otherwise a pillar of the community.\n- Everyone knows there are **grates in the terraces**, carrying water through chutes and culverts to pour out below Sorrow's Gate. But there's more, a series of cramped tunnels and chutes that connect to some of the old ruins and even the Delves. The sewers are gross, infested with rats or worse, and just big enough to get lost in.\n- **A cult of locals** (some influential) have taken to tossing sacrifices into the underground lake at the bottom of the **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#**The Delves**|Second Delve]]**: coin, flesh, living victims. They've received blessings from **[[46 - The Things Below#**For We Are Many**|Daagon]]** as a result.\n- Every few years, miners in the **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#**The Delves**|Third Delve]]** will unearth a \"door\" made of **[[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|orichalcum]]**. Rarely, they rebury it. Usually, they pry it open, to find nothing but more rock beyond. A powerful earthquake always follows a few days after one of these doors is opened, but few have made the connection.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- The PCs' favorite merchant is in trouble with one or more Bosses\n- An ambitious Keep is angling to become a new Boss\n- Miners, smelters, and loggers seek to organize and throw off the Bosses' yoke\n- A small mining crew has gone missing; a worried loved one asks for help\n- One of the Bosses was just killed by an underling, who's desperately trying to assume their position\n- Ustrina offer gold and silver for something unsavory (fresh blood, corpses, slaves, etc.)\n- Logging crews have gone missing, and the folks who went to check on them never came back. Are Hillfolk raiders to blame? Bandits? Or something worse?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 3, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve", "Hooks" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--living-conditions", "title": "Living conditions", "level": 3, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve", "Hooks" ], "body": "- Hunger, if you can't afford food\n- Exposure to **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Harsh mountain weather|harsh mountain weather]]**, if you can't afford shelter\n- Sickness and disease, from close quarters and poor hygiene\n- **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|Mudslides]]**, especially on the slopes\n- Workplace accidents (or \"accidents\")\n- General apathy from those who could help", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--folks-from-elsewhere", "title": "Folks from elsewhere", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#The village of Stonetop|Stonetop]]**\n- **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**\n- The **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|Manmarch]]**, [[40 - South Manmarch#South Manmarch|350\\)]]\n- **[[29 - Lygos and the South|Lygos]]** or other points south \n- **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]** or beyond\n- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**, cast out by", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--alley-cutthroats", "title": "Alley cutthroats", "level": 3, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve", "Folks from elsewhere" ], "body": "*Group*, *stealthy*, *cautious*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** wicked knife d8 (*hand*)\n\n**Instinct** to prey on the unwary\n\n- ä Pick out a likely mark\n- ä Jump someone\n- ä Fight dirty\n- ä Leave no witnesses", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--desperate-souls", "title": "Desperate souls", "level": 3, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve", "Folks from elsewhere" ], "body": "*Group*, *craven*, *meek*, *opportunistic*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** brick, makeshift club, rusty knife d6 (*hand*, *crude*)\n\n**Instinct** to do what they must\n\n- ä Do something unsavory, if there's food or coin in it\n- ä Tell someone what they think they want to hear\n- ä Demonstrate their humanity in a small—or sometimes enormous—way", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--dawa-eyegouger", "title": "Dawa Eyegouger", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *brutal*, *fearless*, *drunkard*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** knife or fingers d8 (*hand*, *messy*, 1 piercing, advantage)\n\n**Instinct** to get this over with\n\n- ä Ignore pain, doubt\n- ä Explode into sudden violence\n- ä Fight dirty, mean, without remorse\n\nA goatherder from north of Barrier Pass, with orange irises and too-long fingers (marks of the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**). She turned up in Gordin's Delve years back, and one of the Bosses put her to work as an enforcer. They keep her sauced and happy, until there's work to be done. Then they dry her out, point out the target, and stand back.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--laborers", "title": "Laborers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "*Horde*, *hardy*\n\n**HP** 7; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** fists, boots d4 (*hand*) or pickax d6 (*close*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Instinct** to cling to what they've got\n\n- ä Make a show of toughness, solidarity\n- ä Dogpile someone (*grabby*, *forceful*)\n- ä Break and run when things go sideways", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--shoddy-construction", "title": "Shoddy construction", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "Gordin's Delve is a weird mix of piled stone and crude carpentry, lashed onto Maker-ruins that have stood for hundreds of years. It's all very slapdash and precarious.\n\n- ^ä Things creak, sway, and teeter ominously\n- ^ä A wall/support/floor gives way, putting someone in danger\n- ^ä Someone falls from a height/is buried", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--the-delves", "title": "The Delves", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "The Arms feature three archways, each over 30 feet tall. Each arch leads to a tunnel of smooth stone that plunges into the mountain, eventually connecting to the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]]**. Side passages, chambers, and complexes branch off the main tunnels—some ancient, some excavated in the last 50 years.\n\n**The First Delve** opens where the two Arms meet. It stretches half a mile from the surface, then becomes a series of switchback tunnels, one after the other, down and down and down. The main tunnel ends with a cave-in, but side passages and chambers connect to the Labyrinth. **Forge Lord** carvings [[18 - Forge Lords|Forge Lords]] decorate the walls, and rich veins of copper and hematite (iron ore) have been found.\n\n**The Second Delve** opens on the righthand slope (facing uphill). The delve goes straight, sloping down for about 300 feet, then turns left at a landing. Another 300 feet, there's another landing, another left turn. The pattern repeats dozens of\n\ntimes, ending at a ledge that overlooks a subterranean lake. Miners brick up the end of the passage, but their walls rarely stand for long. Ancient side passages spoke outward from this delve; many have led to rich (though inconvenient) copper veins.\n\n**The Third Delve** opens on the lefthand Arm. The main tunnel forks and turns frequently, soon becoming one great big twisting mess of tunnels and chambers. Many of these lower tunnels connect with the Labyrinth. Hematite veins have been found at the end of many such tunnels, and turned into active mines.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- Vast, arched tunnels, stretching well beyond your torchlight\n- Echoing sounds of picks on rock, carts rumbling, voices grumbling, your own footsteps\n- That sense of immense, merciless weight above you\n- A smooth, rippling texture to the main tunnel walls, less like they were carved and more like they were… melted?\n- Constant, warm breeze flowing up, like gentle breath\n- Crude, cramped scale of new excavations, propped up with timbers", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--chance-encounters", "title": "Chance encounters", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "Choose or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--1d6-encounter", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- 1 Cultist or worshiper of the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|The Things Below]]\n- 2 A shady, strange, or desperate character, out of place\n- 3-4 Mining crew, or part of one\n- 5 Someone alone, taking something to/from a mine\n- 6 Prospector, or (1 in 6 chance) some Ustrina [[51 - Ustrina|Ustrina]]\n\nFor disposition, choose or have someone roll:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--1d6-disposition", "title": "1d6 disposition", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- 1 Planning treachery or betrayal\n- 2 Aggressively unfriendly, even hostile\n- 3 In dire need of assistance\n- 4-5 Wary, tight-lipped, suspicious\n- 6 Friendly enough", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- 1 signs of violence/disaster (below)\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 A mine, abandoned or destroyed (perhaps mysteriously)\n- 4 Possessions/gear, lost or discarded\n- 5 A vein of copper, hematite (iron ore), or galena (silver/lead ore)\n- 6 A ruin or artifact of the Forge Lords [[18 - Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--1d6-signs-of-violence-disaster", "title": "1d6 signs of violence/disaster", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- 1 A scene of wanton carnage\n- 2 A dead monster from the Labyrinth [[28 - The Labyrinth|The Labyrinth]], bloody trail leading off\n- 3 One or more dead bodies\n- 4-5 A recent collapse, possibly with survivors\n- 6 Sounds of a fight, or a call for help", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "22-gordin-s-delve--dangers-2", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Gordin's Delve" ], "body": "- Utter darkness\n- Getting lost\n- Pockets of bad air: stale, poisonous, smoke- or dust-filled\n- Cave-ins, especially in more recent excavations\n- Laborers [[22 - Gordin's Delve#Dangers|Gordin's Delve]], with something to hide or protect\n- Ghosts (see [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Death and the Undying]]), victims of cave-ins or previous violence\n- Traps or wards protecting Forge Lord compounds [[18 - Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]\n- Monsters come up from the Labyrinth [[28 - The Labyrinth|The Labyrinth]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood", "title": "The Great Wood", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "the Great Wood, which stretches hundreds of miles to the east. Few villagers dare to even cross the **[[44 - The Stream#The Stream|Stream]]** that flows near the base of the bluff. Hunters, trappers, and foragers go deeper, but even they venture a day or two into the forest at most.\n\nsmall streams and dotted with ponds. The trees are a mix of deciduous and evergreen. In some spots, the trees grow tightly, surrounded by thick brush so that one can barely walk. In others, massive old growth trees dominate, the space between them sparse and open.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Great Wood" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--always", "title": "Always", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Great Wood", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Massive trunks, reaching up up up, some bigger around than houses\n- Pale sky glimpsed through the canopy\n- Trees bending, creaking, rustling in the wind\n- A skittering in the distance\n- A sense of smallness, of being swallowed up by something ancient and vast", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--spring", "title": "Spring", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Great Wood", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Feet slipping on mud, rotting leaves\n- Drip drip dripping of snowmelt, rain, mist\n- Pale buds and early blooms, blue and yellow and violet\n- Hopeful swell of birdsong", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--summer", "title": "Summer", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Great Wood", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Brilliant, overwhelming green\n- Drone of insects buzzing, birds chirping\n- Oppressive heat and humidity", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood-2", "title": "Autumn", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- A world aflame with reds and golds\n- Crunch of needles and leaves underfoot\n- Stark long shadows cast by a low sun Sharp smell of cold, damp air", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 4, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "- A frosty coating, a deathly stillness\n- Shocking white of snow drifts\n- Trees like boney fingers\n- Surprising chirp and rustle of finches", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--the-compact", "title": "The Compact", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "For generations, the people of Stonetop have kept their promise to the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**: they never cut down a living tree in the Great Wood. The villagers gather deadfall, but timber comes from elsewhere.\n\n- According to the elders, when did someone last break the compact? What happened to them?\n- Who's been pushing to start harvesting trees, since the Forest Folk seem to have vanished?\n\nWhat will happen if someone fells a living tree? That's for you to decide. Maybe…\n\n- … they suffer the **[[37 - Red Groves#**Hooks**|Forest's Wrath]]**;\n- … they risk releasing an evil spirit, held captive by the tree's roots;\n- … the trees house the spirits of dead Forest Folk, and they've just created a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|specter]]**; or\n- … nothing—unless the Forest Folk return.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "- Who in your family used to ply the Wood? How did they lose their nerve?\n- What did you see deep in the Wood\n- that you've never told to another? Who did you lose to the Wood? How?\n- Of all the stories you've heard of the Wood, which one scares you most?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--places", "title": "Places", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "- The **[[21 - The Golden Oak#The Golden Oak|Golden Oak]]**\n- The **[[33 - The Maw#The Maw|Maw]]**\n- **[[37 - Red Groves#Red Groves|Red groves]]**\n- The **[[44 - The Stream#The Stream|Stream]]**\n- **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "- A villager wanders off into the Wood for unknown reasons\n- A hunter stumbles home, having narrowly escaped some new danger\n- A southern scholar arrives in Stonetop, seeking a guide into the Great Wood\n- A hunter or trapper who the PCs care", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--steading-improvement", "title": ". steading improvement .", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--great-wood-timber", "title": "GREAT WOOD TIMBER", "level": 4, "path": [ "Autumn", ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "Requires all of the following:\n\n- Proof that trees can be felled without dire consequence\n- A crew of brave lumberjacks\n- A skilled carpenter, working full time\n- Pulling Together once, over a course of a few weeks, to generate the first load of timber.\n\nWhen you *mark all the requirements*, increase Fortunes by 1 and add \"Timber from the Great Wood\" to the Resources list.\n\nHenceforth, the steading has a ready supply of timber for improvements and other projects, and it consumes 1 less Surplus every winter.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 3, "path": [ "Autumn", ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "- 1 Pond, wetland, or lake\n- 2 Creek, stream, or river\n- 3 Rocky outcropping, cave(s)\n- 4-5 Clearing, meadow, sparse trees\n- 6-7 Dense thicket\n- 8-9 Swath of one type of tree\n- 10 Briars, thorns, nettles\n- 11 Slope, hill, ridge, ravine\n- 12 Single, notable tree\n\nIf you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 3, "path": [ "Autumn", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 A change of terrain (previous page) and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 game (see below)\n- 4 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**\n- 5 A **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|crinwin]]**, **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]** or **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**, curious or indifferent\n- 6 A point of interest (next column)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--1d6-game", "title": "1d6 game", "level": 3, "path": [ "Autumn", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1-3 Mostly harmless but prone to bolt: deer, fowl, rabbits, etc.\n- 4-5 Big and dangerous if provoked: **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Dangers**|boars]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wisents]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|tal gerdwyr]]**, etc.\n- 6 Deadly and easily provoked: **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bears]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|ceirwmawr]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|raselbaedd]]**, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--1d6-point-of-interest", "title": "1d6 point of interest", "level": 3, "path": [ "Autumn", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 A place corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** or the **[[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Fomoraij]]**\n- 2 A place **haunted** by death and the undying [[10 - Death and the Undying#Death and the undying|Death and the undying]]\n- 3 A place bearing traces of the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**\n- 4 A place sacred to the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**\n- 5 A **[[12 - Fae#**Getting there**|Fae domain]]** or **[[53 - Waystones#Waystones|waystone]]**\n- 6 A ruin or artifact of the **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]**\n\nIf it's been there for at least 10 years, it's likely marked by Forest Folk **[[17 - Forest Folk#**Hooks**|glyphs]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 3, "path": [ "Autumn", "Dangers" ], "body": "- Getting lost\n- Treacherous terrain (loose footing, mudslides, sinkholes, deadfall, etc.)\n- Swarm (bees, wasps, midges, bats, etc.)\n- Tall tree to climb, and a reason to climb it", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 4, "path": [ "Autumn", "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "- **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|Crinwin]]**\n- **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the Wild]]**\n- Chimerae and other remnants of **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|the Green Lords]]**\n- Servants of the **[[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Fomoraij]]**\n- The **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]** of those who died in the Wood, like the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Gwraig Wen]]**\n- A copse of **dool trees** and its resident spirits [[10 - Death and the Undying#Dool trees|Dool trees]]\n- The **Pale Hunter** and his hounds [[35 - The Pale Hunter|The Pale Hunter]]\n- The **[[08 - The Crombil#Hooks|Crombil]]**, should it wake\n- One of the many beasts that inhabit the Wood", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--boar", "title": "Boar", "level": 4, "path": [ "Autumn", "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "*Group*, *gluttonous*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** gore d8 (*hand*, *messy*, 1 piercing) **Instinct** to protect their territory\n\n- ä Relentlessly charge their victim, over and over\n- ä Eat just about anything\n- ä Ignore pain or injury", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--butcherbird", "title": "Butcherbird", "level": 4, "path": [ "Autumn", "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "*Horde*, *tiny*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 1; **Armor** 1 (*tiny*)\n\n**Damage** peck d6-2 (*hand*, *messy*, 2 piercing) **Instinct** to feast on bloody, bloody meat\n\n- ä Grab on and stab stab stab\n- ä Fend off any who would steal the flock's meal\n- ä Scent blood from miles away\n\nAbout the size of a woodpecker, with black and wine-red plumage, flitting about in small flocks (2d6+4). Their laugh will make your blood run cold. But don't worry. They'll get your blood flowing again, real soon.\n\n**Something interesting:** Butcherbirds can smell fresh blood from miles away, and might descend on a hunter's kill to gorge.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--cave-bear", "title": "Cave bear", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *cautious*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 1 (fur, hide)\n\n**Damage** claws, bite, hug d10+4 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Instinct** to fill its belly, to protect its young\n\n- ä Rend, maul, crush\n- ä Move with surprising speed and grace\n- ä Sniff out food, or trouble\n\nGreat big silver-brown things, eating anything they can dig up or catch. They mostly hibernate through winter, and get especially bold and ornery in autumn as they try to fatten up. They've been known to wake up and forage even in winter, though.\n\nThey lair in big caves, usually two mates and maybe their cubs. Out and about, the bulls are usually found on their own; the sows on their own, or with their cubs. They're not usually aggressive towards people—unless surprised, extra hungry, or protecting the cubs. Then? Watch out.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--ceirwmawr", "title": "Ceirwmawr", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *terrifying*, *fearless*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** hoof d10+1 (*close*) or antlers d10+3 (*reach*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special quality** awe-inspiring antlers **Instinct** to tolerate no disrespect\n\n- ä Toss aside a barrier or foe\n- ä Suffer harm without flinching\n- ä Make a show of strength\n\nMajestic. Proud. Antlers so large you can scarce believe how deftly it moves through the woods. They are the royalty of deer. It is said that only the Pale Hunter can give them chase, and that any mortal who dares to stalk them quickly finds the tables turned.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--questions-2", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "- What special property does folklore say the ceirwmawr's antlers possess?\n- What dire fate is said to befall those who slay a ceirwmawr without the Pale Hunter's permission?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--cougar", "title": "Cougar", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *stealthy*, *cautious*, *athletic*\n\n**HP** 12, **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** bite d10 (*hand*, *grabby*) **Special qualities** keen night vision and sense of smell\n\n**Instinct** to catch prey unawares\n\n- ä Move into position, silently and unseen\n- ä Pounce on prey, dragging them down (*forceful*)\n- ä Bite down and rake (*messy*)\n\nThey don't usually hunt people. But when game is scarce, or some fool provokes them, they sometimes get a taste for human blood. Even then, they mostly leave groups alone, waiting for someone to fall behind or wander off. Mostly.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--cwisarff", "title": "Cwisarff", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *small*, *stealthy*, *cautious*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** venomous bite d10 (*close*) **Instinct** to defend its current spot\n\n- ä Wait patiently to spring on prey\n- ä Hiss menacingly at a threat\n- ä Bite quickly and ready to strike again\n\nThe vaunted \"tree adder,\" most lethal serpent in the Wood, up to 6 feet long and dripping with venom. In warm months, they hunt and bask in the canopy or sunny clearings. In colder months, they hide in hollows and under logs, going into torpor in winter. They don't hunt people, but they don't fear them either.\n\nWhen you are bitten by a cwisarff, mark a debility in addition to taking damage. Until the poison is treated, you can't regain HP and are in danger of further damage and debility.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--cynddaraig", "title": "Cynddaraig", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *terrifying*, *fearless* **HP** 20; **Armor** 2 (scales)\n\n**Damage** three-inch long teeth d10+3 (*close*, *reach*, *grabby*, *messy*, 3 piercing, advantage)\n\n- **Instinct** to dominate its territory ä Roar and unfurl its quills, making even brave warriors quail\n- ä Bite a limb clean off\n- ä To lose itself in primal fury\n\nThe mighty \"rage drake,\" almost 10 feet tall and 20 feet from nose to tip of tail. Its jaws are full of knives. Blood-red patterns surround its eyes. A frill of feathered quills sprouts from its neck and runs down its back. Maybe a half-dozen of them stalk the whole Great Wood, and one hasn't been spotted near Stonetop for generations (Tor be praised).\n\n**Something interesting:** They prey mostly on large game (wisents, tal gerdwyr, etc.). They'll attack people, but rarely hunt them.\n\n**Something useful:** They attack people to establish dominance, seeing us as rivals. An appropriate offering or show of obeisance might calm one enough for you to get the hell out of there.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--feathered-drake", "title": "Feathered drake", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "*Group*, *stealthy*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 1 (feathers, scales)\n\n**Damage** boney crest d8+2 (*close*, *forceful*), talon & teeth d8+2 (*hand*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** flightless **Instinct** to spring on unwary prey\n\n- ä Burst out of the brush\n- ä Bash prey to the ground, senseless\n- ä Surround downed prey, and rend\n\nBigger than a grown man, with a talon yea-long on each foot and that ridge on their heads they use to go crashing through the undergrowth. They might follow a party for days, waiting for them to let their guard down or for someone to fall behind. Then? Bam.\n\nTheir feathers are much-sought by merchants. You can harvest a bundle of drake feathers (*fragile*, Value 3) from a flock of 3-4 drakes.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--gylglyd-vines", "title": "Gylglyd vines", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "**Damage** strangling vines d6 (*hand*, *grabby*)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--instinct-to-lure-prey", "title": "Instinct to lure prey", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "- ä Ensnare their senses with beauty\n- ä Lull their minds with euphoric scents\n- ä Slowly entwine them, unnoticed, and hold them fast\n\nThick, velvety green vines that drape entire groves or clearings, speckled with flowers of iridescent blue and pink and yellow. The mind reels to see them, wanting to move closer. The flowers give off the sweetest scent, erasing all cares. But the wary might notice strange bulges in the hanging vines, or white bone beneath the carpet.\n\n**Something interesting**: Gylglyd flowers are prized by herbalists and apothecaries, but nearly impossible to cultivate.\n\n**Something useful**: A kerchief soaked in musk can counter the euphoric effect.\n\n**Hagr**\n\n *Solitary*, *large*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 1 (blubbery hide) **Damage** meaty hands d10+3 (*hand*, *close*, *grabby*, *forceful*) or tree trunk d10+5 (*reach*, *area*, *crude*, *forceful*) or hurled heavy thing d10+3 (*thrown*, *forceful*)\n\n**Instinct** to compulsively shape its environment\n\n- ä Fix someone with its evil eye, over whelming them with fear\n- ä Pluck things from the ground as if weightless\n- ä Obsessively stack things to exacting standards\n- ä Throw a tantrum when things aren't just right\n\nMisshapen brutes with sagging flesh and one bulging eye so filled with hate it'll stop you dead in your tracks. They spend their days collecting fallen branches, looking for just the right one to add to their home of rotting logs. The others they pile neatly, reverently. Perhaps they were servants of the Green Lords, once bred to build, and now, long ages hence, building still.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--nailadd", "title": "Nailadd", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "*Group*, *cunning*, *stealthy*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 2 (carapace)\n\n**Damage** venomous bite d8 (*hand*) **Special qualities** webs, prodigious leaps **Instinct** to capture prey and slowly consume it\n\n- ä Leap on prey and knock it prone\n- ä Inject a paralytic venom\n- ä Drag helpless prey into the canopy and cocoon it\n\nSo far, these hound-sized spiders have thankfully avoided hunters and trappers in the Wood. They certainly haven't come near town. But they're out there, rest assured, and growing in numbers.\n\n**Something interesting:** Nailadd venom paralyzes prey, rather than killing it.\n\n**Something useful:** You can harvest the venom (d4 uses, *dangerous*, *reload*, Value 1) from an intact corpse. When you *coat a blade in nailadd venom*, it deals +1d4 extra damage and numbs the wounded area.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--raselbaedd", "title": "Raselbaedd", "level": 4, "path": [ "Autumn", "Nailadd" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*\n\n**HP** 20; **Armor** 4 (hide, unnatural resilience) **Damage** gore d10+5 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*, *messy*, 3 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** iron hide, always hungry, easily provoked, afraid of fire\n\n**Instinct** to hold a grudge\n\n- ä Rip things apart: armor, weapons, flesh\n- ä Eat almost anything\n- ä Refuse to back off or let go, even when dying\n- ä Recover from even mortal wounds, over time\n\nWhen a boar lives long enough, and survives enough close calls, and dines year after year on the roots and nuts of ferro trees, it eventually becomes a raselbaedd. The size of a horse, with tusks like short spears and a hide that's crisscrossed with scars and that bristles with broken blades.\n\nWhen you *deal 2 damage or less to a raselbaedd*, *before armor,* your weapon chips or shatters on its hide.\n\nA raselbaedd's hide (*immobile*, Value 2) can be harvested by a competent hunter with a fine steel blade (2 piercing, Value 2). It can then be fashioned into 1d4 raselbaedd cuirasses (2 armor, Value 3). Doing so requires:\n\n- An exceptional tanner\n- An upgraded workshop with fine steel tools (Value 3)\n- A season of labor per cuirass", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--tal-gerdwyr", "title": "Tal gerdwyr", "level": 2, "path": [ "Autumn" ], "body": "*Group*, *huge*\n\n**HP** 14; **Armor** 2 (feathers, scales)\n\n**Damage** trample, kick d8+5 (*close*, *forceful*), tail sweep d8+5 (*reach*, *area*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special quality** extremely long neck\n\n**Instinct** to get annoyed\n\n- ä Bellow loudly\n- ä Smash down or through a barrier\n- ä Reach very, very high up\n\nThe Forest Folk would sometimes tell stories of the \"tall walkers,\" drakes with necks like trees and bodies like small hills, draped in feathers that look like vines and leaves. Supposedly, they roam deep in the forest, blithely chewing leaves from the canopy and singing mournful songs to each other.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--wisent", "title": "Wisent", "level": 3, "path": [ "Autumn", "Tal gerdwyr" ], "body": "*Group*, *large*, *cautious*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** headbutt, gore, trample d8+3 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*)\n\n**Instinct** to protect the herd\n\n- ä Put itself between a threat and the young\n- ä Stampede (*area*, *forceful*, *messy*)\n- ä Leap a surprising height and distance, even from a standstill\n\nForest bison travel in herds of up to twenty, but only the bulls typically fight. When cornered, though, even the sows can be dangerous due to their mass and strength.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "23-the-great-wood--wolf", "title": "Wolf", "level": 4, "path": [ "Autumn", "Tal gerdwyr", "Wisent" ], "body": "*Group*, *organized*, *cautious*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** bite d8 (*hand*, *grabby*)\n\n**Qualities** keen sense of smell\n\n**Instinct** to bring down the weakest prey\n\n- ä Follow prey for miles on end\n- ä Surround, flank, and harry\n- ä Clamp down, eventually crushing bone", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords", "title": "Green Lords", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "In the time of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**, the Green Lords ruled the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**) and what is now **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier's Fen]]**). They grew things, bred and cultivated. They bent the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of wild]]** to their will, and brought forth new forms of life—some of which would eventually become the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Names|Forest Folk]]**.\n\nYet while they mastered life itself, they feared death. They dreaded the bleak eternity waiting behind the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Questions**|Last Door]]**. They bred the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]** out of spirit and flesh, and harnessed their power to craft false afterlives. And: it worked. Dozens of Green Lords had themselves mummified and entombed, dreaming forever of decadence and wonder.\n\nSome of the Fae, however, grew to resent their servitude. They plotted in secret and rose up against their masters. They gutted tombs, put the living to the sword, and sent the survivors running.\n\nThe Green Lords, in panic and desperation, called on the**[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** and used their power to quash the rebellion. But this in turn drew the ire of other Makers. They worked a mighty magic that collapsed a vast swath of Green Lord territory, sinking it into a mire and killing thousands. The Fae rallied and besieged the survivors at **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**. Their cause lost, the Green Lords unleashed a last great wave of horror before retreating into the bowels of the earth. There they have remained, growing ever more twisted and vile, becoming the **[[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Fomoraij]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Green Lords" ], "body": "Slavic-sounding: Athanasi, Bogdana, Chedomir, Dozhena, Darobor, Jigorii, Kresimira, Mstislava, Nikalor, Radomira, Tikomar, Tomila, Vecheslav, Voitsek, Yaroslana, Yevena.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Green Lords" ], "body": "- An earthquake or wildfire reveals a long-buried Green Lord ruin close to Stonetop.\n- A **[[24 - Green Lords#**1d12** ability|hazardous growth]]** is aggressively spreading through the Great Wood\n- An old scholar or manuscript shows up, telling of a Green Lord relic that can greatly improve crops.\n- Some fool braves a Green Lord's tomb and returns with a valuable treasure, but they're pursued by mummified servants and infected with a horrible rotting disease.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--sites", "title": "Sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Green Lords" ], "body": "Pick, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d6-site", "title": "1d6 site", "level": 3, "path": [ "Green Lords", "Sites" ], "body": "- 1-4 **Lingering signs** of their presence and influence (at right)\n- 5-6 A **[[24 - Green Lords#Ruins|ruin]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--lingering-signs", "title": "Lingering signs", "level": 4, "path": [ "Green Lords", "Sites", "1d6 site" ], "body": "Pick, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d6-sign", "title": "1d6 sign", "level": 3, "path": [ "Green Lords", "Sites" ], "body": "- 1 **An entity, imprisoned** in a strange tree, rune-carved stone, or natural feature (next page)\n- 2 **Strange plants** (next page)\n- 3 A section of the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#**The Crossroads**|Broken Roads]]**, unearthed or still", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--an-entity-imprisoned-for-example", "title": "An entity, imprisoned For example:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Green Lords" ], "body": "- A tree with a metallic sheen, its wood infused with iron. Its trunk spirals around itself, like a spool of yarn, a rebellious Fae trapped within.\n- A man-sized mass of blood-sucking insects—an entity of pain and disease—imprisoned in amber.\n- A mighty old elder tree, its bark like bone, oozing black sap from the deathless horror it holds bound in its roots.\n- A great hunk of stone, reminiscent of a ravenous, howling beast, wrapped in petrified vines and roots and mostly buried/submerged.\n- A Fae locked in the form of a tree, a snarl of defiance barely visible.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--strange-plants", "title": "Strange plants", "level": 2, "path": [ "Green Lords" ], "body": "For example:\n\n- A grove of trees, planted in strangely regular patterns (neat rows, spirals, etc.)\n- Trees/vines, their trunks or stalks woven around each other to form walls, curtains, ceilings, etc.\n- Shrubs/briars in crude topiary shapes with no obvious tending\n- Grand sculptures of living wood that memorialize long-dead Green Lords\n- Moss, lichen, mold, or fungus that glows, or hums, or gives off heat, etc.\n- Plants made partially of impossible material (flowers/leaves of glass, bark infused with metal, a vine with thorns of bone, a petrified tree that blooms with normal flowers, etc.)\n- An enormous and ancient tree, festooned with **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Feathered drake**|gylglyd vines]]** that protect some Green Lord artifact.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--a-spirit-of-the-wild-bound-for-example", "title": "A spirit of the wild, bound For example:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Green Lords" ], "body": "- A spirit of winter/hibernation bound to a grotto by vines growing in runic patterns. Other runes fill those who approach with dread. An ancient being lies in torpor within.\n- A clearing or meadow lush with an edible grain, tended by a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|fertility spirit]]** bound to a menhir standing in the field's center.\n- An orchard of fruit trees, guarded by a **birdwaig** and her **glasbren** daughters [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**The Brennauwed**|Spirits of the Wild]], a long family of spirits and trees bound by an ancient oath to the Green Lords.\n- A ring of five ancient willow trees, each with a rune-carved hollow, surrounding a stretch of mire. A spirit of reclamation and decay is bound within. Anything that enters the mire will soon be sucked into the muck, where it will decompose and dissolve at an alarming rate.\n- A huge stone altar on a treeless hilltop, exposed to the sun. A spirit of growth and vitality is bound within, fed by blood and bestowing gifts of strength.\n- An obelisk of milky white crystal, pushing out of the loamy soil, shot through with tendrils of vine that form looping runes of binding. The spirit bound within can pull forth maladies and afflictions from those who touch it, but the spirit is willful and the process is excruciating.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--ruins", "title": "Ruins", "level": 4, "path": [ "Green Lords", "A spirit of the wild, bound For example:" ], "body": "Pick or roll for theme [[24 - Green Lords#**Ruins**|Green Lords]], structure, purpose, architectural elements, and condition. Place it in an appropriate terrain (see [[23 - The Great Wood#GREAT WOOD TIMBER|Great Wood Timber]] for the **Great Wood** or [[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Questions**|Ferrier's Fen]] for **Ferrier's Fen**). Populate it with **[[24 - Green Lords#**Ruins**|lingering signs]]**, **[[24 - Green Lords#**Artifacts**|artifacts]]** and/or **[[24 - Green Lords#**Dangers**|dangers]]** of the Green Lords or the appropriate region.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d6-structure", "title": "1d6 structure", "level": 2, "path": [ "Green Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Sprawling compound of \"smaller\" buildings\n- 2 Single, smaller building\n- 3 Earth-covered mound\n- 4 Ancient trees, rooms and structures built into hollows and on crooks\n- 5 Underground vault(s)\n- 6 Ziggurat/pyramid/dome", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d6-purpose", "title": "1d6 purpose", "level": 3, "path": [ "Green Lords", "1d6 structure" ], "body": "- 1 Dwelling (home, barracks, dormitory, etc.)\n- 2 Containment (fortress, prison, kennel, menagerie, etc.)\n- 3 Storage (cellar, vault, warehouse, library, collection, etc.)\n- 4 Production (workshop, nursery, factory, kitchen, abattoir, etc.)\n- 5 Esoteric (laboratory, shrine, surgery, etc.)\n- 6 Tomb (of a Green Lord, their ancestors, their servants, their creations, etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d6-architectural-elements", "title": "1d6 architectural elements", "level": 3, "path": [ "Green Lords", "1d6 structure" ], "body": "- 1 Huge slabs of smooth stone (white marble, granite, serpentine) carved with scrollwork and bas reliefs\n- 2 Moss and lichen, of striking colors, growing in decorative patterns\n- 3 Amber, agate, geodes, even unworked boulders of interesting shape\n- 4 Ivory, bone, horn, antler, fur, silk sometimes fused with or growing from wood or stone\n- 5 Pillars, arches, or even walls of petrified wood, seemingly grown into shape\n- 6 Vines and tendrils (often petrified or metal-infused) clinging to surfaces in branching whorls, sigils, and runes\n\nMost Maker-ruins are sized for giants people two or even three times as tall as humans—but often with smaller-scale rooms, passages, and so forth for their servants.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d6-condition", "title": "1d6 condition", "level": 3, "path": [ "Green Lords", "1d6 structure" ], "body": "- 1-2 Shattered and laid waste by time, war, or vandalism; mostly buried, submerged, and/or overgrown; its purpose unrecognizable\n- 3-4 Crumbling, largely buried, submerged, and/or overgrown\n- 5 Buried, submerged, and/or overgrown, but mostly intact\n- 6 Fully visible and strangely well-preserved\n\nSee **Vor Svetelik** (the ruined city of the Green Lords, [[52 - Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]) for additional examples.\n\nMany Green Lord ruins feature (or are preserved by) **[[12 - Fae#**Getting there**|Fae domains]]**.\n\n*The PCs are tracking nailadd (giant jumping spiders) through the Great Wood, and I think that they're heading for a Green Lord ruin. I roll a 6 for theme (the spirits of the wild, bound or put to use), a 6 for structure (ziggurat/pyramid/dome), a 4 for purpose (production), a 4 for architectural elements (ivory, bone, horn, antler, fur, silk), and 3 for condition (crumbling, largely buried and overgrown). I ponder for a little, then come up with this:*\n\n*A crumbling ziggurat, half-collapsed and mostly covered with dirt, trees, and webs. Inside is a smaller ziggurat that bears a silk tapestry of the Mother-of-Spiders, a powerful elemental spirit. In days of yore, this place was filled with spiders of all sizes, spinning silk and weaving impossible fabrics for the Green Lords. Now, the spiders merely grow large, and hungry, and strangely intelligent.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 2, "path": [ "Green Lords" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 4, "path": [ "Green Lords", "Artifacts" ], "body": "- **A mummified bird in a clay pot** (*fragile*, Value 0)\n- **A number of corroded bronze hatchets** of ancient make, with beautifully preserved wooden grips (*crude* and Value 0 as-is; *hand* and Value 1 if restored)\n- **A beautiful silk shirt**, embroidered with vine-like patterns (Value 1)\n- **Stacks of raw, unworked timber** with a metallic sheen to the grain; incredibly strong but incredibly difficult to work (*immobile*, Value 2)\n- **A coat of scale armor** for someone 20 feet tall. The scales are strange, organic, semi-translucent and iridescent around the edges. Thick, twisting vines grow from the armor where a body should be; nothing else grows nearby. The armor is impractical and creepy, but if extracted intact, it could fetch a decent price (*immobile*, Value 2) to a collector.\n- **An oversized drinking horn**, gold and amber fused into the horn in impossible ways (Value 3)\n- **A tall, thick, gnarled tree** bearing large, delicious fruits in early autumn. Provides as many provisions (4 uses) as the PCs care to take, and could be cultivated into a rhoillyg orchard.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--a-large-urn", "title": "A large urn", "level": 2, "path": [ "Green Lords" ], "body": "*immobile*, *magical*\n\nWhen the *urn is unoccupied and a Fae looks inside*, it is compelled to crawl in (it can always fit). If you *then close the lid*, the Fae is trapped and the urn slowly and painfully peels away its knowledge, essence, and sense of self. In time, nothing remains but a pile of pearls (Value 2).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords-2", "title": ". steading improvement .", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--rhoillyg-orchard-requires-both", "title": "RHOILLYG ORCHARD Requires both:", "level": 4, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "A sack full of rhoillyg seeds An herbalist of considerable skill and patience\n\nAnd either of these, to germinate the seeds:\n\n- A year or so of experimentation\n- Advice from a knowledgeable source\n\nAnd then each of these:\n\n- A full spring, to sprout and cultivate saplings\n- Pulling Together once, over the course of a summer, to clear and plant the orchard\n- Protecting the orchard through two more summers\n\nWhen you *mark all the requirements*, increase Fortunes by 1 and add \"Rhoillyg Orchard\" to both the Resources list and the steading map. Henceforth, the steading generates +1 Surplus in summer and another +1 Surplus when the autumn harvest is complete.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--a-vine-in-a-rune-carved-pot-magical", "title": "A vine in a rune-carved pot , magical", "level": 3, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "It's about as thick as your finger and maybe 30 feet long stretched out, with skinny little tendrils. It looks rather dried out, but moves slightly if you touch it or its pot. If you water it, it twitches excitedly.\n\nA plant spirit is bound to the vine and pot. If you befriend it and carry its pot, it will animate and act as a follower: *grabby*, *clever*, *playful*; **HP** 3; **Damage** 0; **Instinct** to not let go; **Cost** affection, play time.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--a-fang-dagger", "title": "A fang-dagger", "level": 4, "path": [ ". steading improvement .", "A vine in a rune-carved pot , magical" ], "body": "*hand*, *magical*, +1 damage An 8-inch fang, bound to a wooden hilt by fiber that never rots. A cruel-looking thing, with strange carvings along the blade.\n\n**Something interesting:** The fang looks like it came from a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cynddaraig]]**, and the markings are definitely some sort of spell related to blood and soil.\n\n**Something useful:** When you *bury the fang-dagger and water the soil with blood*, the ground buckles and bulges. A minute later, a full-grown cynddaraig bursts from the soil—angry, confused, and hungry. The spell grants no control over the beast and provides no way to dismiss it. The dagger is gone, now a tooth in the rage-drake's maw.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--a-big-stone-coffer", "title": "A big stone coffer", "level": 3, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "*immobile*, *magical*\n\nCarved from serpentine, 4 feet by 2 feet by 2, with a heavy stone lid. When found, it's likely half-full with soil. To those sensitive to such things, it thrums with the power of fertility and growth.\n\nWhen you *add fresh soil to the coffer, plant seeds in it, and close the lid*, the seeds will germinate and sprout overnight. Each seed will sprout only once, and the sprouts henceforth grow at a regular rate, regardless of whether they stay in the coffer or are planted elsewhere.\n\nWith coordination, this could lead to a boom in Stonetop's gardens and +1 Surplus each summer. In the hands of a skilled herbalist, this can greatly improve an herb garden and allow the cultivation of rare or difficult plants. The herbalists of Marshedge would kill over this—or even start a war.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--small-clay-jars", "title": "Small clay jars", "level": 3, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "*fragile*, *magical*\n\nA number of earthenware jars, about the size of a pinecone, sealed with wax and seemingly empty. When opened (or broken) a fine cloud of dust puffs out. The dust is, in fact, chogor spores.\n\nWhen *someone is exposed to chogor spores*, the spores quickly start to grow on them in masses of vine-like ferns. They will—in a matter of seconds—ensnare and restrain their victim. After about an hour, the ferns die and rapidly dry out, but until then, it's like being bound up in twine.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ ". steading improvement .", "Small clay jars" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A crumbling arch|A strange skull and antlers]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Goldleaf Cloak|A giant oak leaf]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Ffyrnig Tonic|A huge wooden sphere]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A patch of rainbow moss|A stretched vellum]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A patch of rainbow moss|A patch of rainbow moss]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A crumbling arch|A crumbling arch]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ ". steading improvement .", "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "These might very well be associated with the Green Lords.\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Twisted Spear , reach, magical|Twisted Spear]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Shield of the Wisent Witch|Shield of the Wisent Witch]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--bound-entities", "title": "Bound Entities", "level": 4, "path": [ ". steading improvement .", "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]**, forced or enticed to perform a particular task or to protect a particular place\n- **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, loyal and still serving their embalmed masters (possibly bitter and questioning their fate) or rebellious and imprisoned for their crimes\n- Spirits and beasts **corrupted** by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]], either locked away by the Green Lords, or weaponized against the Fae\n- **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#**Plasmic horror**|Plasmic horrors]]**, which once served as blank canvases for fleshweaving", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--chimerae", "title": "Chimerae", "level": 4, "path": [ ". steading improvement .", "Dangers" ], "body": "The Green Lords meddled wantonly with life, mixing creatures in impossible ways to suit need or whim. Some such creatures linger, breeding true or having survived for hundreds of years.\n\nPick or roll for purpose, ability, size, and composition. Allow purpose, ability, and size to inform the elements of its composition, and what traits it has from each element.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d12-purpose", "title": "1d12 purpose", "level": 3, "path": [ ". steading improvement .", "Dangers" ], "body": "- 1-2 War/destruction/murder/hunting\n- 3-4 Defense/protection/companionship\n- 5-6 Experimentation/insight/curiosity\n- 7-8 Labor/industry/mundane tasks/ convenience\n- 9-10 Something obscure, or very specific\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice and combine", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d12-ability", "title": "1d12 ability", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "- 1 Burn/dissolve/destroy/drain\n- 2 Transform/mutate/change\n- 3 Control/influence minds or emotions\n- 4 Wield/produce/ignore elements or energy\n- 5 Poison/disease/infect\n- 6 Hide/mimic/disguise\n- 7 Entangle/trap/engulf/subdue\n- 8 Attack at range/over an area\n- 9 Prowess/mobility/speed\n- 10 Strength/toughness/durability\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d12-size", "title": "1d12 size", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "- 1-2 Cat-sized or smaller (*tiny*)\n- 3-4 Like a human child (*small*)\n- 5-8 Human-sized\n- 9-11 Like a horse, a cart, etc. (*large*)\n- 12 Like an elephant, or bigger (*huge*)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d12-composition", "title": "1d12 composition", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "- 1-4 Beast + beast\n- 5-6 Beast + plant\n- 7-8 Beast + mineral\n- 9-11 Beast + roll again with 1d8\n- 12 Person + roll again with 1d8", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--hazardous-growth", "title": "Hazardous growth", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "Pick or roll for form and peril, possibly rolling the Die of Fate for size/scope/scale. Maybe consider how it's **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#**Useful or valuable flora**|useful/ valuable]]** as well.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d12-form", "title": "1d12 form", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "- 1-2 Invisible to the naked eye/spores/dust\n- 3-4 Mold/moss/lichen/slime\n- 5-6 Mushrooms/puffballs/stinkhorns/fungus\n- 7-8 Vines/briars/brambles/shoots\n- 9-10 Flowers/plants/ferns/grasses\n- 11-12 Tree(s)/shrubs/bushes/hedges", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--1d12-peril", "title": "1d12 peril", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "- 1 Crushes, strangles, cuts, stabs (possibly animate)\n- 2 Eats away, dissolves, absorbs (tissue or specific material)\n- 3 Grows incredibly quickly, overwhelms, ensnares\n- 4 Infects, colonizes, sickens, changes\n- 5 Poisons, weakens, subdues\n- 6 Causes dizziness, hallucinations, delusions\n- 7 Releases spores/pollen/etc. that irritate, obscure, agitate\n- 8 Draws attention (via noise, phosphorescence, scent, etc.)\n- 9-10 Roll 1d10 twice and combine\n- 11-12 Roll again with 1d10 but make it weird—elemental, psychic, spiritual, extremely specific, etc.\n\nSee **Vor Svetelik** (ruined city of the Green Lords, [[52 - Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]) for specific examples.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--the-unquiet-dead", "title": "The Unquiet Dead", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** of the Green Lords and their many servants, who died in battle or sudden cataclysm.\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Specters]]** of Green Lords who were murdered by trusted servants.\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Wraiths]]** of Green Lords who were mummified and entombed, only to have their false afterlives ruined by treachery and war.\n- **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#**Chimerae**|Nemurvojak]]**, the corpses of mortal servants, reanimated by demon-seed", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--llamudwr", "title": "Llamudwr", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *construct*, *corrupted*, *cautious*, *stealthy*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. bronze **Damage** stinging tail d10+1 (*reach*), crunching bite d10+1 (*hand*, *grabby*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** clumsy when grounded, hates the sun\n\n**Instinct** to fill its belly and retreat beneath the water\n\n- ä Lurk unseen, pick a target, and wait until sunset\n- ä Leap out of the water with shocking speed\n- ä Follow prey from the sky, or hanging\n\n from trees ä Strafe its prey and deliver a painful, debilitating sting ä Chomp down, and then swallow whole Everyone knows to shun deep, still water, and the llamudwr (or \"water leapers\") are surely one reason why. Take the body of a frog, 6 or 7 feet long. Add another 8 or 9 feet of whipping tail, tipped with a venomous barb. Get rid of its legs, not even stumps, but give it bat wings, a span of nearly 20 feet unfurled. Hide it in a lake or fen, away from the sun's cruel light. And finally, make it hungry. Very, very hungry.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--mummified-green-lord", "title": "Mummified Green Lord", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *spirit*, *undead*, *magical*, *cunning*, *cautious*, *organized*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 24; **Armor** 4 (potent wards), 0 vs. fire **Damage** mighty blows d10+2 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to canopic jars, can sense all that happens in its tomb\n\n- **Instinct** to preserve its glorious afterlife ä Animate its preserved corpse\n- ä Overawe anyone in its presence\n- ä Twist, mutate, or transform living things with a gesture\n- ä Wield nearby plants and beasts as extensions of itself\n- ä Regenerate its corpse, even if burned, unless its canopic jars destroyed\n\nThey lie entombed, their corpses embalmed, their souls bound to the heavily-warded canopic jars that store their most-vital organs. Yet those souls linger forever in Fae-woven realms of glamour and delight. In these realms, the Green Lords are as gods. They are loathe to leave them, and rarely need to. But should their existence be truly threatened, they will return to this world of base flesh, inhabit their long-dead bodies, and punish any intruders with the savagery of the cruelest beasts.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--mummified-servant", "title": "Mummified servant", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "*Horde*, *spirit*, *undead*, *organized*, *relentless*\n\n**HP** 11; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** choking grip d6 (*hand*, *grabby*), spear d6 (*close*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** takes +1d4 damage from fire, tethered to canopic jars\n\n**Instinct** to destroy intruders\n\n- ä Animate its preserved corpse\n- ä Surround intruders and hem them in, cutting off escape\n- ä Keep fighting with limbs that have been severed\n- ä Regenerate its corpse, unless burned or its canopic jars destroyed\n\nSome of the Green Lords were mummified and interred with their most faithful mortal servants. These servants get to enjoy their master's false afterlife, but when threats to the tomb arise, they are sent back to their corpses, to rise and crush any intruders they find.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--rhagedn", "title": "Rhagedn", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "*Horde*, *construct*, *stealthy* **HP** 3; **Armor** 2 (woody hide)\n\n**Damage** talons, antlers d6+2 (*hand*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** clumsy fliers **Instinct** to protect their nests\n\n- ä Shift into a better position while unobserved\n- ä Strafe their prey (*forceful*) and return to the skies\n- ä Roost on earth or stone or wood, sinking in talons, furling its wings, and becoming like woody stumps or boughs\n\nHunched humanoid forms carved of wood, with great wings, taloned feet, and heads crowned with branch-like antlers. They were made by the Green Lords to be sentinels and guardians, to watch over their borders and their most important sites. Now, ages and generations later, they still watch, and wait, and protect their nests.\n\n**Something interesting:** The tales say that the song of a redbreasted bluebird will keep the rhagedn still, letting folk pass unmolested.\n\n**Something useful:** It just so happens that you know how to whistle the tune (whether or not you can whistle it well enough is questionable).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--swyn", "title": "Swyn", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *construct*, *corrupted*, *stealthy*, *magical*, *devious*, *cautious*, *hoarder* **HP** 20; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 2 vs. bronze\n\n(scales)\n\n**Damage** bite & constriction d10+3 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*, *grabby*)\n\n**Instinct** to indulge its ego\n\n- ä Appear out of nowhere and lock eyes\n- ä Hold its prey fast with gaze and soothing words\n- ä Plant a suggestion in its victim's mind\n- ä Turn the weak-willed into fawning servants\n\nSwyn are great serpents with simian heads and hypnotic eyes. The Green Lords bred them out of desperation, borrowing secrets from the Things Below. They wanted spymasters and saboteurs. What they got was a race of petty, craven narcissists.\n\nEach swyn fancies itself the greatest, the most beautiful, the most magnificent of beings. They have exacting tastes, far more subtle and refined than any of their peers. But should you embarrass, defy, or simply bore one, expect to be brutally devoured.\n\nFew of these creatures survive, thankfully. The Fae hunt them and they shun others of their kind, jealous of territory and wealth. But every dozen years or so, some urge drives them all to the ruins of **Vor Svetelik** (page [[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|468]]), entourage in tow, where they engage in ostentatious displays and mating rituals. There, amidst the sick white trees, the next brood of swyn are seeded. There, perhaps, these foul things might be wiped out once and for all.\n\nWhen *the swyn compels you to act against your will*, mark XP if you do what it wants. If you resist, you are Defying Danger.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "24-green-lords--zrajedak", "title": "Zrajedak", "level": 2, "path": [ ". steading improvement ." ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *construct*, *corrupted*, *devious*, *terrifying*, *stealthy*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 1 vs. bronze (hide)\n\n**Damage** maw full of iron teeth d10+3 (*hand*, *messy*, *grabby*, 1 piercing, advantage), iron tail-quills d10+1 (*near*, *area*, *reload*)\n\n**Special qualities** keen sense of smell **Instinct** to torment its prey\n\n- ä Assume a form similar to that of its prey, but just a little off\n- ä Reveal its horrible, smiling maw\n- ä Cripple a victim and let it suffer\n- ä Chew right through a limb\n\nWhen the Fae rebelled, the Green Lords made living weapons to use against them. The zrajedak—or \"treachery-eaters\"—were one such weapon. They merged the body of a lion, the tail of a spiney drake, and the face of their mortal servants, and then infused it all with iron, and malice, and the cruel power of the Things Below.\n\nSome of these horrors are trapped by Fae magic. Others remain in stasis, yet to be unleashed on the world. But surely some few stalk the world still, for the Forest Folk would tell hushed tales of them. \"Never trust someone who will not show you their teeth,\" they'd say, \"for Zrajedak smiles only before he bites.\"", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer", "title": "Helior, the Daybringer", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Helior is one of the four main **[[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|gods]]** of Stonetop. He is the god of the sun and light, beacon of hope and mercy, the fiery foe of the dark.\n\nIf one of your initial PCs has the Lightbearer playbook, then they will answer many of the questions in this section via their presence, their background, and the decisions they make during character creation and introductions. Defer to that PC as the expert on Helior in your game, but don't forget to ask other PCs for their opinions and experiences, too.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--themes", "title": "Themes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer" ], "body": "Pick, or roll 1d12.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 4, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer", "Themes" ], "body": "| 1-2 | The sun/day/light |\n|-----|---------------------------|\n| 3-4 | Hope/courage/aspiration |\n| 5-6 | Mercy/charity/kindness |\n| 7 | Truth/revelation |\n| 8 | Fire/burning/warmth |\n| 9 | Glory/awe/majesty |\n| 10 | Radiance/beauty/intensity |\n| 11 | Refuge/sanctity/defense |\n| | |\n\n12 Purification/cleansing/redemption", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 3, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer", "Themes" ], "body": "According to the tales:\n\n- How did Helior come to be (a god)? What's his origin story?\n- How did he obtain or create the White Flame?\n- Which god is his rival/ally/lover/kin?\n- Where does the sun/Helior go each night?\n- What causes eclipses? What do they mean or portend?\n- Who was famously martyred in Helior's name? Who killed them, and why?\n\nUse the answers to help decide what Helior's **true nature** is [[20 - Gods and Religion#**1d12** observance|Gods and Religion]].", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer" ], "body": "- A devotee of Helior ministers in a nearby town, fomenting dissent.\n- A child is born with a sun-shaped birthmark during a solar eclipse.\n- The spirit of the prior Lightbearer appears to a PC and assigns them a quest.\n- A Manmarcher **[[34 - North Manmarch#**Chief**|chief]]** acquires a relic of the prior Lightbearer and seeks to auction it off.\n- A charlatan or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|sorcerer]]** claims the mantle of Lightbearer.\n- Spring fails to come; omens point to Helior being trapped or wounded.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--veneration", "title": "Veneration", "level": 2, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer" ], "body": "What is the worship of Helior like? It might be… (pick 1)\n\n- … ancient, widespread, and well-known;\n- … most common in **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Lygos and the South|Lygos and the South]]**;\n- … a new thing, still unheard of by many;\n- … an old thing, forgotten by most; or\n- … widely persecuted.\n\nAnd how is Helior properly worshipped? It might involve… (pick 1 or 2)\n\n- … solemn hymns;\n- … serene meditation;\n- … joyful song;\n- … ascetic denial;\n- … fervent dancing;\n- … formal ceremonies;\n- … drugs & intoxicants; and/or\n- … pain & sacrifice.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--consider-or-ask", "title": "Consider or ask:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer" ], "body": "- Why does the worship of Helior involve the things it does? According to his devotees, why do these things please him so?\n- How do these practices change from community to community?\n- How are the solstices celebrated or observed?\n- If the worship of Helior is foreign/ new/forgotten/persecuted: what other god or gods of the sun are worshipped around here? (See [[20 - Gods and Religion#**Other gods**|Gods and Religion]] for guidance)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--places-of-worship", "title": "Places of worship", "level": 2, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer" ], "body": "Helior has a shrine in Stonetop's pavilion of the gods. Outside of Stonetop: consider whether anyone in this community worships Helior, and where.\n\nFor any given place of worship:\n\n- What is it? (A shrine, a hermitage, an orchard, a natural feature, etc.)\n- Where is it? (In a private home, a public building, outside of town, etc.)\n- How is Helior represented?\n- What symbols/trappings adorn it?\n- Which of his **themes** (previous page) are emphasized?\n- Who tends to it?\n\nWhat is this place of worship like? It might be… (pick 1)\n\n- … given a place of high honor, above all other gods;\n- … well-tended and given due respect;\n- … newly established/recently restored;\n- … fallen into disuse and disrepair;\n- … hidden away, where only the faithful know to look;\n- … some variation on the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--helior", "title": "Helior", "level": 2, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--the-lightbearer", "title": "The Lightbearer", "level": 2, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer" ], "body": "The Lightbearer is or was the appointed servant of Helior, wielder of his power and grace. There has only ever been one active at a time. If one of your PCs has the Lightbearer playbook, they're it.\n\nIf no PC has the Lightbearer playbook, then consider or ask:\n\n- How many Lightbearers have there been?\n- Is a Lightbearer currently active in the world?\n- If so, where do they dwell and how well known are they?\n- If not, when did the last Lightbearer live?\n- What are/were they like, personally?\n- What great deeds are/were they known for?\n- Who are/were their greatest allies? Their greatest foes?\n- How is the mantle of Lightbearer said to pass or manifest?\n\nShould an NPC Lightbearer (or their spirit) oppose or cause trouble for the PCs, write them up as a threat (a *wildcard* if they still live, a *magical entity* if they cause trouble from beyond).\n\nRemember: NPCs don't have playbooks. An NPC Lightbearer might have tags or moves reminiscent of a PC Lightbearer, or not.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--devotees", "title": "Devotees", "level": 2, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer" ], "body": "Helior is a generous god, one who brings light and warmth to the world. He calls on humanity to do the same, to live lives of mercy, charity, and hope. Only a few devotees truly heed his call.\n\nIn any given community, ask or consider:\n\n- How many devotees of Helior reside here?\n- Is there a formal cult or order, or just likeminded individuals?\n- Who is most notable among them?\n- How much influence do they have?\n- What charitable work(s) do they pursue? Who in the community resents them?\n- What contact do they have with devotees from other settlements?\n\nShould the Heliorite devotees of a community oppose or cause trouble for the PCs, write them up as a threat (like a *wildcard*, but maybe an *institution*).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--entities-of-darkness", "title": "Entities of darkness", "level": 2, "path": [ "Helior, the Daybringer" ], "body": "The Lightbearer playbook has moves and invocations that affect creatures or spirits \"of darkness.\" The **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** definitely count, as do any corrupted beings. Spirits of night and dark places (like caves) probably count, too. Undead are almost certainly entities of darkness, but maybe there are exceptions?\n\nAsk the Lightbearer what they think makes something a creature or spirit of darkness. Consider what you know about the entity in question, and make a ruling. When in doubt, defer to the Die of Fate or the result of an appropriate move.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer-2", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 3, "path": [ "Artifacts" ], "body": "- A vial of lemon-infused oil (Value 0)\n- A copper torc decorated with a stylized sun (Value 1)\n- A circle of bronze sigils two paces wide, inlaid into a stone floor; blessed by Helior, a ward against spirits of darkness (*magical*, *immobile*, Value 2)\n- A lit oil lamp that consumes no oil; it will burn forever unless snuffed, blown out, or spilled (*magical*, *fragile*, Value 2)\n- Holy relics ( uses, Value 3 to a collector): if you have one in your inventory when you Invoke the Sun God, you can mark a use in lieu of choosing a consequence\n- A crown of white gold, that shines with holy light (*reach*, *area*) when worn by one with a pure soul (*magical*, Value 4)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 3, "path": [ "Artifacts" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 2, "path": [ "Artifacts" ], "body": "- 1-2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A gold ring magical|A gold ring]]**\n- 3-4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A gold butter lamp|A gold butter lamp]]**\n- 5-6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A rusty steel blade|A rusty steel blade]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer-3", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--associated-entities", "title": "Associated entities", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- An **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|archon]]**, set to guard a holy site (like the Lightbearer's tomb)\n- A southern **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Assassin**|assassin]]**, paid to murder the Lightbearer or a problematic devotee\n- An elemental **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|spirit of fire]]**, consecrated by Helior, passionate and righteous", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--pilgrims", "title": "Pilgrims", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "Threat (*rabble*)\n\n**Instinct** to find succor and purpose\n\n- ä Grow in numbers: a steady trickle, a constant stream, a tide\n- ä Demand time, attention, consideration\n- ä Strain or consume resources\n- ä Get into trouble with the locals\n- ä Misinterpret teachings\n- ä Split into factions\n\nAs a Lightbearer grows in power, word of their miracles will likely spread. Pilgrims are likely to follow. They seek out the Lightbearer for healing, direction, or purpose.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "25-helior-the-daybringer--fanatic", "title": "Fanatic", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "Pilgrims" ], "body": "*Group*, *organized*, *devoted*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** weapons d8 (tags by weapon) **Instinct** to protect their beliefs\n\n- ä Make a passionate argument\n- ä Suffer for the cause\n- ä Do evil for the greater good\n\nA Lightbearer often attracts faithful followers, as do some of Helior's more charismatic devotees. Some of these followers might take things a little far.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk", "title": "Hillfolk", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The **[[42 - The Steplands#The Steplands|Steplands]]** are home to dozens of nomadic bands, collectively called the Hillfolk. The bands are tied together into a bewildering tapestry of kinship and intermarriage and treaty, rivalry and blood feud and long-standing grudge.\n\nSome Hillfolk roam the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]** in warmer months. Some bands trade with Stonetop, at least on occasion, signaling to them at **[[48 - Titan Bones#Titan Bones|Titan Bones]]**. Others trade with **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**, and still others with **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Merchants**|southern merchants]]**. They have little contact with the **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|Manmarchers]]**, and tend to treat them with suspicion.\n\nTheir wariness towards the Manmarchers is nothing, though, compared to their contempt for **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**. The Hillfolk view mining metal ores as sacrilege. They'll gladly steal from the Delvers or loot their corpses, but only the most debased Hillfolk trade peacefully with Gordin's Delve. And only the most shunned and shamed will actually move there and call the mining town home.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk" ], "body": "Breton-inspired, but missing vowels and clipped-sounding: Adm, Blej, Cirl, Davth, Elst, Gwilm, Gwenl, Henri, Ines, Jenfir, Jown, Juda, Kiln, Laurl, Loic, Merrn, Maikl, Nanzl, Nolwn, Quent, Reegn, Ropr, Sabi, Stren, Yanz.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk" ], "body": "- Which of you knows the Hillfolk best? How so?\n- What clothing/markings/traits are distinctive to (these) Hillfolk?\n- How is Hillfolk language different from Stonetop's?\n- What do the Hillfolk call themselves? What do they call each other?\n- What are groups of Hillfolk called? Bands? Rides? Herds? Families? Etc.\n- What affiliations do they have beyond their bands? Clans, nations, sects, etc?\n- What sparked the last open conflict between them and Gordin's Delve?\n- What, do you think, is the source of their taboo against mining?\n- What deity (if any) do they hold in highest regard?\n- How is their view of the gods different than Stonetop's?\n- What festival do (these) Hillfolk celebrate this time of year?\n- What game/pastime/food are (these) Hillfolk known for?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk" ], "body": "- A band of Hillfolk has come under the sway of a **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]** and moved into the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**.\n- Ne'er-do-wells from Gordin's Delve kill some Hillfolk in the Flats; war looms.\n- Someone in town owes a blood debt to a Hillfolk band; they come calling to collect, with friends.\n- The ruin that the PCs seek lies in the territory of a particularly unfriendly Hillfolk band.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk" ], "body": "Hillfolk rarely discuss their ancestry with outsiders. They claim an ancient right to the Steplands, but fear the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow|barrow mounds]]** and many of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lord]]** ruins.\n\n**Something interesting:** The Hillfolk's ancestors were human servants (slaves?) of the Stone Lords. They rebelled, calling on the power of the**[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**. Petty warlords and would-be sorcerer-kings—the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**—dominated the Hillfolk for many years after the Stone Lords fell.\n\n**Something useful:** Many Hillfolk traditions stem from their time suffering under the Stone Lords and the Barrow Builders, and the efforts required to throw off the yoke of those rulers. What's one such tradition that you know of, and how can you use it to your advantage?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--nomads", "title": "Nomads", "level": 3, "path": [ "Hillfolk", "Lore" ], "body": "Most Hillfolk bands are nomadic, following food and good grazing for their herds as the seasons change. Each band has traditional territory, including a winter camp with permanent shelter (caves, ruins, stone huts, wooden longhouses, etc.). A number of bands have territory that extends into the Flats or **[[40 - South Manmarch#South Manmarch|South Manmarch]]**, but winter camps are always nestled in the Steplands.\n\nThe **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Makers' Roads]]** are considered communal territory, but otherwise infringing on a band's territory is cause for suspicion or bloodshed. Wise travelers hide their passage, or else bring tribute and actively seek to avoid offence.\n\n- How do (these) Hillfolk mark the boundaries of their territory?\n- What sort of temporary structures do (these) Hillfolk dwell in? (Tents? Yurts? Log houses? Something else?)\n- The Steplands are fertile enough—why don't (more) Hillfolk take up agriculture, do you think?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk-2", "title": "Hillfolk bands", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Here's a typical band:\n\n**Size** *hamlet* (~25 to 75 souls)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--population-0", "title": "Population +0", "level": 4, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--prosperity-1", "title": "Prosperity -1", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "- Trade with other bands\n- Trade with (pick 1)...\n - ... Marshedge (rope, textiles, herbs, pottery)\n - ... Stonetop (whisky, potatoes, oats)\n - ... Lygos, etc. (salt, tools)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--resources", "title": "Resources", "level": 4, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands", "Prosperity -1" ], "body": "- Horses, sheep, goats, hounds\n- Wool, milk\n- Forage (fruits, nuts, veggies, honey)\n- Hunting (meat, fur, hides)\n- Gathering (timber, sap, flint)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--defenses-0", "title": "Defenses +0", "level": 4, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands", "Prosperity -1" ], "body": "- Mounted warriors\n- Flint-tipped weapons (*crude*)\n\nAbout a third of each band are able-bodied adults; the rest are children or elders. Maybe half of the adults are riders, and the rest manage life back at camp. Older children typically manage herds, often with the help of hounds. Specialization is rare, and even homemakers and older children are capable fighters.\n\n- Smoke from multiple fires seen over the horizon\n- Bleating of sheep or goats, cluck of chickens, bark of dogs\n- Thickets and pens for keeping herds\n- Stern, suspicious faces and hands hovering near weapons\n\nIf a PC is familiar with the(se) Hillfolk, ask them:\n\n- What is this group called?\n- What sets them apart from other Hillfolk?\n- Who are their staunchest allies?\n- Who are their bitterest rivals/enemies?\n- What resource do they have in (relative) abundance?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--naming-bands", "title": "Naming bands", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "If you need inspiration for naming a Hillfolk band (or other group), pick a word from below (e.g. \"Red band\") or mix 2-3 (e.g. \"Ash Pickers\" or \"Ochre Wolf Fang\").\n\nArrow, Ash, Badger, Black, Blanket, Blue, Cloak, Crow, Drake, Eastern, Eye, Face, Fang, Feather, Ferret, Fist, Foot, Fur, Goat, Grass, Green, Hair, Hand, Herd(er), Hill, Hoof, Hound, Leaf, Lower, Moon, Northern, Ochre, Paw, Picker, Planter, Rain, Ram, Raven, Red, Rock, Run(ner), Seed, Shield, Shrew, Slayer, Snake, Snow, Soil, Southern, Spear, Staff, Sun, Tooth, Tree, Upper, Vulture, Watch(er), Weed, Western, Whisper(er), White, Wing, Woad, Wolf, Yellow.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--traits", "title": "Traits", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "Ask the PCs, or pick 1 or 2, or roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--1d12-trait", "title": "1d12 trait", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "- 1 Particularly large or small, prosperous or poor\n- 2 \"Picked band,\" made of unrelated adults, few children among them\n- 3 Worship a particular deity, revere a particular spirit\n- 4 Famous member, now or in the past\n- 5 Keep dangerous beasts (boars, drakes, etc.)\n- 6 Ride something other than horses (aurochs, Huffel rams, big deer)\n- 7 Tend to be large/slender/tall/ short/etc.\n- 8 Especially fierce/friendly/territorial/aggressive/political/etc.\n- 9 Extraordinarily large/fast/clever/ fearless/etc. horses\n- 10 Produce more than their share of spirit-talkers/hdours/**[[42 - The Steplands#**Gouzadn**|gouzadn]]**\n- 11 Guard a greatly feared and cursed ruin/barrow/area\n- 12 Not actually nomadic; they stay in cliff-dwellings all year", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--trade-barter", "title": "Trade & Barter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--commonly-available", "title": "Commonly available", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "The following are special items in Stonetop, but commonly available among the Hillfolk—PCs can acquire them here without having to roll. They do need to trade something of equal Value. Stonetop trade goods (whisky, potatoes, oats) are always in demand.\n\nNote that items printed on the Inventory insert are *crude* if acquired from the Hillfolk, and any iron items will instead be stone, bone, wooden, or maybe hammered copper. Iron items are considered **special items** (see below).\n\n| goods | value |\n|-----------------------------------------|-------|\n| Salt (a little box) | 0 |\n| Adz (hand, crude) | 0 |\n| Cudgel, wood (close, crude) | 0 |\n| Cartload of timber (immobile) | 2 |\n| livestock | value |\n| Goat (sure-footed, curious, hungry); | 1 |\n| HP 3; Damage d4 (hand); | |\n| Instinct to explore; can butcher | |\n| for 4 provisions (6 uses) | |\n| Sheep (timid, hardy, wooly) | 1 |\n| HP 3; Damage d4 (hand); | |\n| Instinct to follow the herd; can | |\n| butcher for 4 provisions (6 uses) | |\n| Sheep hound, follower (keen-nosed, | 1 |\n| herder, fierce) HP 6; Damage d6 | |\n| (hand, grabby); Instinct to bully, | |\n| threaten; Cost training | |\n| Horse, follower (powerful, keen-nosed, | 3 |\n| swift or hardy, large); HP 10; | |\n| Damage d6+3 (hand, close, forceful); | |\n| Instinct to panic; Cost care & grooming | |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--trade-opportunities", "title": ". trade opportunities .", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "If the PCs get a trade opportunity (from the Seasons Change move), a band of Hillfolk might offer the following:\n\n- A good exchange rate, two or even three Value 2 items for 1 Surplus.\n- A cartload of timber or a dozen sheep/goats (Value 2), in exchange for help with a problem.\n- Horses (Value 3) traded for a similar amount of Surplus (Value 2), plus help with a problem.\n- Someone versed in training and caring for horses, willing to move to Stonetop\n- An arcanum of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**, the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**, the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**, or the**[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--special-items", "title": "Special items", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "The following might be acquired among the Hillfolk, but the PCs must roll Trade & Barter to acquire them. This is in addition to the special items on the Moves & Gear handout.\n\nWhen the PCs *Trade & Barter among the Hillfolk*, they use the local Prosperity (-1 by default) with disadvantage for being a *hamlet*. **On a 6-**, they don't mark XP and this band doesn't have/want it—maybe they know of another band who might?\n\n| goods | value |\n|------------------------------------|-------|\n| Iron items from inventory insert | 0 |\n| Makerglass (misshapen shard/chunk) | 1 |\n| Makerglass (an item made of it) | +2 |\n\n| livestock | value |\n|-----------------------------------------|-------|\n| Huffel ram (hardy, wooly, powerful, | 2 |\n| grumpy); HP 6; Damage d6+2 | |\n| (hand, forceful); Instinct to protect | |\n| the herd; can butcher for | |\n| 4 provisions (9 uses) | |\n| Upland horse, follower? (powerful, | 3 |\n| keen-nosed, agile, brave, large); | |\n| HP 14; Damage d6+3 (hand, close, | |\n| forceful); Instinct to suffer no fools; | |\n| Cost firm training | |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--services-and-favors", "title": "Services and favors", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "PCs don't need to roll Trade & Barter for the following, but they might need to Persuade the Hillfolk—even if they offer something of suitable Value. A group that's well-disposed to the PCs might grant these boons for free, or without needing to be Persuaded, or at a reduced price.\n\n| service/favor | value |\n|--------------------------------------------|-------|\n| Safe passage through their territory | 1 |\n| A few nights' hospitality in their camp | 1 |\n| A guide through their territory | 2 |\n| A guide through another band's territory | 3 |\n| A guide to a cursed/sacred/forbidden place | 3 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--hdour", "title": "Hdour", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *cautious*, *devious*, *hoarder*, *magical*, *spirit-wise*\n\n**HP** 14; **Armor** 2 (thick hides, minor wards) **Damage** bronze knife d8 (*hand*) **Instinct** to ignore rules, boundaries, and taboos\n\n- ä Call up a spirit to attend them\n- ä Send spirits or beasts to harass, spy, or attack\n- ä Reveal some spell or trick prepared in advance\n- ä Unleash power they cannot control\n\n**Spirit-talkers** (next page) have great power, but use it with care and only for the benefit of their people. There are many rules that they follow, many things they will refuse to do. Because to step over the line, and to seek power for power's sake, and to use their power selfishly—that is the way of the sorcerer, the hdour.\n\nWhen the Hillfolk suspect a spirit-talker of sorcery, they exile them. In the worst cases, they bury them alive. Few are willing to deal a death-blow to a hdour, for that's a sure way to get oneself cursed.\n\nHdour are often in possession of one or more **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#An old scroll case , fragile|arcana]]**, which they do not hesitate to use. They are often attended by beasts, **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**, spirits of the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Death and the undying|dead and undying]]**, and minions of the**[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--hillfolk-rider", "title": "Hillfolk rider", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "*Group*, *stealthy*, *organized*, *horse-wise* **HP** 6; **Armor** 0 to 2 (thick hides, shield) **Damage** flint-tipped spear d8 (*close*, *thrown*, *crude*), cudgel d8 (*close*, *crude*), adz d8 (*hand*, *crude*), or bow d8 (*near*)\n\n**Instinct** to distrust outsiders\n\n- ^ä Ride a steed like an extension of themselves\n- ^ä Outmaneuver their prey\n- ^ä Take advantage of the terrain\n\nA typical band of Hillfolk has between 6 to 12 riders: adult hunters and warriors. They patrol their territories in twos and threes, seeking game and keeping an eye out for trespassers. The brash and the bold will challenge anyone they don't recognize. More cautious riders will follow unseen and take the outsiders' measure; whether they let them pass, or spook them into leaving, or murder them in their sleep… well that remains to be seen.\n\nWhen *a Hillfolk rider and their horse attack a foe together*, they deal 1d6+4 damage (the horse's 1d6+3, with +1 for the rider), combining tags from the attacks as makes sense.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--spirit-talker", "title": "Spirit-talker", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "*Group*, *cautious*, *cunning*, *magical*, *spirit-wise*\n\n**HP** 8; **Armor** 0 to 2 (thick hides, shield) **Damage** flint-tipped spear d8 (*close*, *thrown*, *crude*), club or adz d8 (*hand*, *crude*), or bow d8 (*near*)\n\n**Special quality** sensitive to the presence of active spirits\n\n**Instinct** to protect their people\n\n- ^ä Sharply rebuke a spirit or mortal\n- ^ä Commune with beasts, or the spirits of a place or thing\n- ^ä Take advantage of the terrain\n- ^ä Borrow and wield a friendly spirit's power\n\nNow and then, a young Hillfolk shows signs of being touched by the spirits. The signs often come after a sickness or brush with death. They hear voices that aren't there. They find themselves more comfortable with horse and hound than their fellow people. Sometimes, they lose the human tongue altogether and go feral, becoming a **[[42 - The Steplands#**Gouzadn**|gouzadn]]**. But when things go right—when they are guided by an elder, and possessed of great self-control they become a spirit-talker for their band.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--upland-horse", "title": "Upland horse", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "*Group*, *large*, *powerful*, *keen-nosed*, *agile*, *brave*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "26-hillfolk--hp-14-armor-0", "title": "HP 14; Armor 0", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hillfolk bands" ], "body": "**Damage** kick, trample d6+3 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*)\n\n**Instinct** to suffer no fools\n\n- ä Sniff trouble on the wind\n- ä Navigate tricky terrain or obstacles\n- ä Remain calm, unmoved\n- ä Find their own way\n\nHillfolk bands breed their horses for strength, agility, and courage. The best become steeds for Hillfolk riders. It takes a firm hand and a steady will to handle an Upland, but win one over and you've got a friend for life.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks", "title": "Huffel Peaks", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "This range runs along the western edge of the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]** and the **[[42 - The Steplands#The Steplands|Steplands]]**, connecting with the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|Whitefang Mountains]]** in the north. They're not as tall and menacing as the Whitefangs, but they are jagged things of granite and basalt, home to a number of volcanoes, and rich in minerals and ore.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks-2", "title": "Impressions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--always", "title": "Always", "level": 3, "path": [ "Impressions" ], "body": "- Slabs of jagged stone: impassive, looming, somehow still surprising\n- Tall thin trees (aspen, pines, firs) in the lower slopes and valleys; windswept junipers higher up\n- The stone-on-stone clink and thunk as rocks tumble down a slope\n- A sense of being surrounded, cut off", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--spring", "title": "Spring", "level": 2, "path": [ "Impressions" ], "body": "- Snow clinging to slopes and peaks, slowly melting\n- Pale green on the tips of branches; meadows bursting with wildflowers", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--summer", "title": "Summer", "level": 2, "path": [ "Impressions" ], "body": "- Too-bright sky as you step out of the shade\n- Lips cracking in a hot, dry breeze\n- Hot sun beating down on you while, somehow, you're getting rained on", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--autumn", "title": "Autumn", "level": 4, "path": [ "Impressions", "Summer" ], "body": "- Slopes and meadows of yellow and gold\n- A bitter chill in the now-damp air\n- Air pressure dropping as a storm rolls in", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 4, "path": [ "Impressions", "Summer" ], "body": "- Black stone peeking out from white\n- Trees drooping under snow\n- A sense of stillness, despite the constant wind", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--the-world-s-end", "title": "The World's End", "level": 2, "path": [ "Impressions" ], "body": "Beyond the Huffel Peaks lies a vast expanse of water. But what lies between the mountains and the sea? That's for you and your group to decide, and the answer might vary depending on which direction you go through the mountains. But perhaps one might find...\n\n- … mighty cliffs, pounded by relentless waves;\n- … a gentle slope, a bountiful lowland, vast sandy beaches, a mild clime;\n- … a chain of islands, some tiny, some quite large;\n- … a wine-dark sea, the civilized lands of the south to be found at its farthest shores;\n- … deserted ruins of the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**, the **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]** or both;\n- … the **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]**, in numbers far greater than anyone would suspect;\n- … an isolated people, their ancestors a mix of refugees from when the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]** fell;\n- … colonies from the civilized lands of the **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Lygos and the South|South]]**, eking out a living;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\n- Who did you once meet who claimed to have reached the far side of the Huffel Peaks? Do you believe their stories about an endless body of water?\n- What legendary treasure is said to be hidden in those peaks?\n- How long has it been since one of the volcanoes erupted violently? How did it affect Stonetop/Gordin's Delve/the Hillfolk?\n- You don't really think that there are dragons in the Huffel Peaks, do you?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--places", "title": "Places", "level": 2, "path": [ "Impressions" ], "body": "- **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**\n- The **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Impressions" ], "body": "- Prospectors find veins of cinnabar near Gordin's Delve, and set about mining the lucrative, toxic stuff\n- A **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Draventao**|draventao]]** chases a **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** band from their winter camp in the mountains\n- Scouts and warbands of an unknown people start to appear in the Huffel Peaks\n- A massive volcanic eruption throws ash across the region, causes strange sunsets and weather, spreads panic and superstition, and perhaps sets loose a powerful **emanation** of the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|The Things Below]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 4, "path": [ "Impressions", "Hooks" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Impressions" ], "body": "- 1 Lava/hot springs/geysers/mudpots/ fumaroles\n- 2 Crater/caldera/lava tubes/volcanic formations\n- 3 Stream/river/waterfall/lake/ boggy soil\n- 4 Travertines/basalt columns or terraces/fairy chimneys/arches\n- 5-7 Sheer rock face/bluff/summit/peak\n- 8-9 Steep slope/switchback trails/ ridgeline\n- 10 Ravine/canyon/gorge\n- 11 Gentle slope/meadow/valley/pass\n- 12 Cave, cavern, grotto\n\nIf you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 4, "path": [ "Impressions", "1d12 terrain" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "Impressions" ], "body": "- 1 A change of terrain (previous column) and roll again.\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 An entrance/exit to the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]]**\n- 4 An encounter (next page)\n- 5 A point of interest (next page)\n- 6 A natural resource (next page)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks-3", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 **[[28 - The Labyrinth#Thraulgwyn|Thraulgwyn]]**: come out of the Labyrinth for some reason\n- 2 **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirit of the wild]]**: curious or indifferent\n- 3-4 **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]**: travelling, scrounging, on patrol\n- 5 Miners/prospectors/loggers, likely based out of **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**): wary, on edge\n- 6 **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**: herding, hunting, encamped, or on patrol", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--1d6-point-of-interest", "title": "1d6 point of interest", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 encounter" ], "body": "- 1 A place corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- 2 A place **haunted** by death and the undying [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Death and the Undying]]\n- 3 A ruin or artifact of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**, maybe claimed by the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**\n- 4-5 A ruin or artifact of the **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]**, perhaps inhabited by **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]**\n- 6 A place sacred to the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|spirits of the wild]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--1d6-resource", "title": "1d6 resource", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 encounter" ], "body": "- 1 Game, but dangerous to hunt, like a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bear]]**, **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#**Fire drake**|fire drakes]]**, or goats on an impossible slope\n- 2-3 Game, not dangerous but prone to bolt: a goat or deer, quail, rabbits, etc.\n- 4 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**\n- 5 A safe place to shelter/a shortcut/ an unexpected path\n- 6 A vein of ore/mineral deposit", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks-4", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- Getting lost (maze of mountains, canyons, passes, and valleys)\n- Sheer rock face to climb, and a reason to climb it\n- Steep slopes, unstable footing (narrow paths, wet stone, scree, thin waterlogged soil, mud, crumbling rock)\n- Flash flooding in valleys/on slopes\n- An unexpected obstacle/hazard: go forward and risk it, or backtrack and lose half a day?\n- **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|Mudslides and rockslides]]**\n- **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|Altitude sickness]]**, especially near the peaks", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--harsh-mountain-weather", "title": "Harsh mountain weather", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- Baking sun, dry air, lack of water\n- Fog banks/low clouds, blocking vision and soaking everything\n- Buffeting wind, drowning out voices and keeping you off-balance\n- Powerful gusts, threatening to toss you aside\n- Rain and wind rolling up from below\n- Rain and sleet pelting you, soaking you, threatening to wash you away\n- Thunder or lightning: making you flinch/jerk/jolt, triggering rockslides\n- Brutal cold and ceaseless wind, leading to **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|hypothermia & frostbite]]**\n- Snow and ice burying a pass or trail, making narrow paths impossible\n- Snow and ice building up, forming an **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|avalanche]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--volcanic-activity", "title": "Volcanic activity", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- Superheated air (d4 damage) or poisonous vapors (d4 damage, ignores armor), especially in enclosed spaces\n- Searing hot stones (d6 damage)\n- Steam vents/geysers (d8 damage, may be *forceful*)\n- Scalding hot mud/water (d8 damage, ignores armor)\n- Lava flows (d10+2 damage, *grabby*, *messy*, 3 piercing)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--earthquake", "title": "Earthquake", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- ^ä The ground shakes briefly, alarming but not dangerous\n- ^ä Powerful tremors make footing unstable, knock rocks loose, cause animals to panic\n- ^ä Tremors persist: people lose their footing, large rocks tumble (d8 damage, *forceful*), trails and paths are damaged\n- ^ä It's a big one: **mudslides** and **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|rockslides]]**, **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|avalanches]]**, whole rockfaces come tumbling down", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks-5", "title": "People", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**\n- **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]**\n- Laborers (miners, woodcutters) from **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**\n- Folk from **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]** or the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|Whitefang Mountains]]**\n- Some southern adventurer or **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Dangers**|antiquarian]]**, ruin-hunting\n- **[[28 - The Labyrinth#Thraulgwyn|Thraulgwyn]]**, come up from the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 3, "path": [ "People" ], "body": "- Predators: **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bears]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cougars]]**, **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|kleztigr]]**, **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|spitting drakes]]**\n- **[[14 - The Flats#**Frythanc**|Frythanc]]**, nesting or hunting over a wide valley/plateau\n- A **[[42 - The Steplands#**Gouzadn**|gouzadn]]**, living far from people\n- The **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]** and **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]** of those who died up here, recently or in ages past\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirits of the wild]]**\n- Constructs left by the **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]** or the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**\n- **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Magma worm**|Magma worms]]** near volcanic features\n- A **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Draventao**|draventao]]**, out for a rare hunt or squatting in some ruin", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--caralandrao", "title": "Caralandrao", "level": 4, "path": [ "People", "Monsters" ], "body": "*Horde*, *small*, *stealthy*, *hoarder*\n\n**HP** 3; **Armor** 2 (shell)\n\n**Damage** pincers d4 with disadvantage (*hand*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special qualities** spider-climb, camouflaged shell\n\n**Instinct** to feed on magic\n\n- ä Sense mystic emanations from afar\n- ä Get close without being noticed\n- ä Skitter-skatter, dart and weave\n- ä Make off with something magical\n\nAre they crabs? Spiders? Hard to say. Whatever they are, they've got too many too-long limbs, shells that blend in with the rocky terrain, and an appetite for magical artifacts. They'll drag their prizes back to their nests to feed. They can suck the power right out of minor trinkets, but powerful arcana can feed a small colony indefinitely.\n\nAnd yet, they keep venturing out to find more.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--fire-drake", "title": "Fire drake", "level": 2, "path": [ "People" ], "body": "*Group*, *aggressive*, *tough*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 2 (scales)\n\n**Damage** bite d8 (*hand*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special qualities** fireproof; caustic, burning blood\n\n**Instinct** to get riled up easily\n\n- ä Sound off in a deep, threatening chorus\n- ä Blast a jet of burning, caustic blood from its eyes, d8 damage (*near*, *messy*, *reload*, ignores armor), but lose 1d4 HP\n- ä Shake and worry and toss aside a foe it has bitten, d8+2 damage (*hand*, *forceful*)\n\nPicture a horned lizard, but big as a large boar and with a mouth full of short jagged teeth. They're often encountered basking near hot springs or mudpots or other geothermal vents, soaking up the heat until they swell and glow like embers. Of course, once they notice you, they stop basking and start attacking.\n\n**Something interesting:** Fire drake blood is caustic and catches fire when exposed to air; a jar of it deals d6 damage (*thrown*, *area*, *dangerous*, ignores armor, Value 1), but good luck harvesting it.\n\n**Something useful:** The trick is to tap a vein with a metal tube, and drain the blood directly into a wax-sealed jar. Just… be careful.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "27-huffel-peaks--frythanc-fledgling", "title": "Frythanc fledgling", "level": 2, "path": [ "People" ], "body": "*Group*, *stealthy*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 0 (scales)\n\n**Damage** talons d8+2 (hand, forceful), beak d8 with disadvantage (hand)\n\n**Special qualities** exceptional eyesight; terrible hearing\n\n**Instinct** to eat and grow\n\n- ä Cling to rock faces, camouflaged\n- ä Strafe their prey\n- ä Knock prey off a ledge\n\nThe full-grown frythancs that hunt the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]** are terrors. Their young, thankfully, keep to the mountains. There, they hunt goats and sheep and the occasional unwary traveler. The fledglings aren't nearly as dangerous as their full-grown parents, but still, let's see how you do when birds with 12-foot wingspans try to tear you off some switchback trail.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth", "title": "The Labyrinth", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "These tunnels stretch out beneath the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**, occasionally connecting to the surface. Perhaps they stretch further, to the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|Whitefangs]]** or the **[[42 - The Steplands#Spring|Steplands]]** or even to the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**.\n\nThe **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]** come out of the Labyrinth when they visit Gordin's Delve to trade. But when asked, they claim it is not their home.\n\nOther things come out of those tunnels, too, to prey on miners in the Delves. Survivors tell tales full of outlandish horror. Chief among those tales are the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#Thraulgwyn|thraulgwyn]]**, the \"pale demons,\" white-haired raiders wielding weapons of bone and volcanic glass.\n\nBut the Labyrinth holds more than horrors. It holds riches, too. Ore and gems, seams of coal, and ancient wonders of the Forge Lords. Riches enough to spur the occasional expedition, ill-fated though it may be.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "- The vast and hostile darkness, a quiet that sucks at the soul\n- The humbling scale of the tunnels\n- Air heavy with the smell of earth, stone, and sulfur\n- Smooth walls, ribbed walls, knobby walls, cracked walls\n- Distant dripping, clinking stone, footsteps, whispers, screams", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "- Which of you has seen the Labyrinth in your dreams? What do you recall?\n- Who entered the Labyrinth years ago, never to be seen again?\n- What legendary Forge Lord site is said to be down there?\n- Of all the tales that Delvers tell, of things coming out of the Labyrinth, which disturbs you most?\n- What do you think the thraulgwyn, the pale demons, really are?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "- Thraulgwyn raid a mining crew and drag off captives.\n- A prospector can lead the PCs to the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Portal Vault|Portal Vault]]**, but plans to feed them to her sister's wraith once there.\n- Ustrina offer a reward for retrieving a relic from a ruin in the Labyrinth.\n- An old map of the Labyrinth shows a path from Gordin's Delve to Moratia Rubra (the Forge Lords' old capitol).\n- More and more Delvers hear a voiceless call from the Labyrinth. Some heed it.\n- A **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Draventao**|draventao]]** emerges from its lair in the Labyrinth and preys on loggers, miners, and such.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--navigating-the-labyrinth", "title": "Navigating the Labyrinth", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "The Labyrinth is vast and sprawling. In theory, one could travel these tunnels from Gordin's Delve to the far end of the Huffel Peaks and the sea that lies beyond. It'd be madness, but one could try.\n\nOn any expedition into the Labyrinth:\n\n- You'll need plenty of light sources and more supplies than you'd think\n- You need a knowledgeable guide or an accurate map\n- Even then, you risk getting lost\n - You must surmount any number of tight squeezes and difficult climbs\n- The way is perilous, plagued with danger", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--lost-in-the-dark", "title": "LOST IN THE DARK", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "When you *lose your way in the Labyrinth*, each member of your party consumes 1d4-1 supplies. Then, roll 2d6 once for the party and if…\n\n- … you all had enough supplies, add +1;\n- … you are led by someone wise to the Labyrinth's ways, add +1;\n- … you are stumbling around blind, roll with disadvantage; and/or\n- … one of you has the Mental Map move (from the Ranger playbook), roll with advantage.\n\n**On a 10**+, you find your way to a portable light source, an exit from the Labyrinth, or a familiar path—GM's choice as to which; **on a 7-9**, you encounter **[[28 - The Labyrinth#Thraulgwyn|thraulgwyn]]**, a Forge Lord **[[18 - Forge Lords#1d6 site|ruin]]**, or an obstruction [[28 - The Labyrinth#**Nightmare tableaux**|The Labyrinth]]—GM's choice, and afterwards you might need to make this move again; **on a 6-**, decide as a group whether you find yourselves in the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Deeps|Deeps]]**, or stumble out of the Labyrinth days or weeks later, with all your debilities marked and only 1d8 HP remaining. If you choose the latter, each PC must pick 1:\n\n- You have suffered a permanent injury or impairment—what and how?\n- A follower of yours didn't make it out—who and why?\n- You lost a treasured (or at least vital) item—what and how?\n- Actually, you didn't make it out after all —why not?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).\n\n| 1d12 | terrain |\n|---|---|\n| 1-2 | Lave tube or magma worm tunnel |\n| 3-4 | Braided/branching tunnels |\n| 5-6 | Chamber, cavern, or alcove |\n| 7-8 | Steps, terraces, ledges |\n| 9-10 | Forge Lord construction, worked stone passage, or **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Ruin**\\|ruin]]** |\n| 11-12 | obstruction (see below), and roll 1d10 again |\n\n| 1d12 | obstruction |\n|---|---|\n| 1-2 | A cave-in (dig through?) |\n| 3-4 | A squeeze (wriggle through?) |\n| 5-6 | A sheer rock face, like the earth just shifted (climb?) |\n| 7-8 | A shaft/chimney (climb/squeeze?) |\n| 9-10 | A flooded chamber (wade, swim, find an exit underwater?) |\n| 11 | A chasm/rift, your path crossing it (jump, belay, or find a bridge?) |\n| 12 | Intense heat, foul air, brittle crust, magma flows (good luck) |\n\nFor any given tunnel or chamber, pick or have someone roll for 1-3 features . Consider rolling 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--1d12-feature", "title": "1d12 feature", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "| 1d12 | feature |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | Stream/spring/pool/lake |\n| 2 | Stalactites/sharkteeth/knobby, ball-like stone protrusions |\n| 3 | Rubble/debris/boulders (possibly fused into other stone) |\n| 4 | Dome shaped cupola overhead |\n| 5 | Hexagonal columns, packed tight |\n| 6 | Apron/tongue/slipbank/gutters |\n| 7 | Flat, cracked, a hardened lava lake |\n| 8 | Steep slope/awkward ridges/undulating or ropy floor |\n| 9 | Intense heat/cold |\n| 10 | Cramped/narrow/low ceilings |\n| 11 | Slippery mud/scree/oil/ooze |\n| 12 | Glowmoths, glimmercaps, **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**\\|red crystal]]**, other light sources |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "- 1 A change of terrain (previous page) and roll again.\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 An encounter with thraulgwyn (see below)\n- 4 Some other encounter (next column)\n- 5 An opportunity (next column)\n- 6 A point of interest [[28 - The Labyrinth#1d6 discovery|1d6]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--1d6-thraulgwyn", "title": "1d6 thraulgwyn", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "- 1 A whole tribal band, on the move\n- 2-3 A gang on patrol, wary but curious\n- 4 One or two, under attack by a rival band\n- 5 Foragers, eager to invite guests home\n- 6 Two groups in a tense parley\n\nSee [[28 - The Labyrinth#**Thraulgwyn**|The Labyrinth]] for more on the thraulgwyn.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--1d6-other-encounter", "title": "1d6 other encounter", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "- 1 A thrall [[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|The Things Below]], terribly marked, living down here all alone\n- 2 A swarm of small, cave-dwelling vermin-cave spiders, rockrats, or bats [[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|The Steplands]]-alarming and distracting, but essentially harmless\n- 3 A ghost [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Death and the Undying]], revenant [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Death and the Undying]], or spirit of the wild [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the Wild]]: curious or indifferent\n- 4 A metal construct [[18 - Forge Lords#**Metal constructs**|Forge Lords]], following ancient orders or awaiting activation\n- 5 Adventurers/prospectors from Gordin's Delve, wary, maybe lost\n- 6 Ustrina [[51 - Ustrina|Ustrina]]: surface-bound, returning to the Portal Vault [[28 - The Labyrinth#1d6 discovery|1d6]], or seeking something", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--1d6-opportunity", "title": "1d6 opportunity", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "- 1 A good place to rest/hide/ ambush foes\n- 2 Potable water, edible fungi, cave fish, rockrats, etc.\n- 3 Portable light source: glimmercaps, red crystal [[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|The Things Below]], glowing makerglass [[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|Various treasures]], etc.\n- 4 A vein of coal/ore/copper/gold/gems\n- 5 An artifact of the Forge Lords [[18 - Forge Lords#**Artifacts**|Forge Lords]], Barrow Builders [[05 - Barrow Builders#**Artifacts**|Barrow Builders]], or Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|The Things Below]]\n- 6 Sign of their objective/quarry", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--1d6-point-of-interest", "title": "1d6 point of interest", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "- 1 A place corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**, perhaps a shrine tended by **[[28 - The Labyrinth#Thraulgwyn|thraulgwyn]]**) or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|cultists]]**\n- 2 A **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|haunted site]]**\n- 3 A **notable site** (see below)\n- 4 A **[[28 - The Labyrinth#1d6 thraulgwyn|thraulgwyn settlement]]**\n- 5 A **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Ruin**|Forge Lord site]]**, perhaps inhabited by Ustrina\n- 6 A path up and out into the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**, or down into the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Deeps|Deeps]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--notable-sites", "title": "Notable sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "- Heat, choking air, and a resonant rumble give way to a magma lake, air a-shimmer with heat, toxic gas.\n- A vast subterranean lake, perhaps the same one that connects to the **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#**The Delves**|Second Delve]]**.\n- The **Hanging Forest**, a long, wide tunnel full of skinny roots dangling from the surface. Full of crickets and things that eat them.\n- The **Mirrorkeep**, a Forge Lord outpost, largely intact, lined with reflective mosaics. Sits over a bottomless (?) pit.\n- The **Dreaming Breath**, a hot spring pool. Mold and fungi cake nearby stone. The waters restore vigor but cause stupefying euphoria.\n- The **Red Glutton,** a horned, 40' tall, toadlike statue with an ever-burning brazier and fist-sized rubies (Value 4) for eyes. Revered by thraulgwyn.\n- The locked doors of the **Portal Vault** (next column), cold and imposing.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--the-portal-vault", "title": "The Portal Vault", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "Five hours from the Delves (if you know the shortest route) stands a pair of double doors: 30' tall, bronze, covered in runic wards and reliefs of Forge Lord glories. A cunning lock seals them. Only six keys exist; the **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]** hold five.\n\nInside is a vast octagonal space, 60' from floor to angled ceiling. Six of its corners feature 20' tall niches, each housing a large **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Metal constructs**|metal construct]]** that attacks any party that doesn't bear one of the keys.\n\nA slab of white stone, 30' tall and 3' thick, stands upright in the center of the vault. Each side is etched with a magic circle. It's a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|portal]]**, connected to those in the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**, **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#Three Coven Lake|Three Coven Lake]]**, **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**, and so forth. It is fully functional, and can be used via **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A time-worn missive|Opening the Way]]**.\n\nThe Ustrina use this place to travel to Gordin's Delve, and to return to their far-flung homes. No one sect controls the Vault, and they treat it as neutral ground. But that doesn't apply to non-Ustrina.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--thraulgwyn", "title": "Thraulgwyn", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "Their hair is white, their skin pallid and painted with lime and mud and blood. Their pupils are wide, like gaping holes. They file their teeth sharp, and craft their weapons from obsidian, stone, and bone. They tan human flesh for leather.\n\nThe folks of Gordin's Delve know them as thraulgwyn, \"pale demons,\" terrors that emerge from the Labyrinth and drag off friends and loved ones.\n\n**Something interesting:** The thraulgwyn descended from **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**, from the followers of certain warlords and sorcerer-kings who fled into the Labyrinth when their subjects rose against them. They were already depraved disciples of the Things Below, and after generations of inbreeding, cave-dwelling, and cannibalism, they're barely human.\n\n**Something useful:** Except, that's not really true. They have language (a dialect of the Hillfolk tongue) and outsiders have made deals with them. They hate other tribes more than they hate surface-dwellers. And while they do eat the dead, most of their food is foraged, even cultivated.\n\n**Tip:** Cock your head. Dart your eyes. Hold a hand up to block the light. Try not to touch your teeth with your tongue.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Labyrinth" ], "body": "Breton- or Cornish-inspired (after the Barrow Builders), but clipped: Aln, Az, Benez, Clem, Con, Dav, Demel, Gryf, Gwun, Humra, Iarn, Ilcar, Ilcu, Kyt, Lum, Mar, Mera, Nez, Rud, San, Tek, Wurg.\n\nTribal bands are named \"Uskl-\" (the People of ) and a truncated **Barrow Builder** name [[05 - Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]: Uskl-Azel, Uskl-Judak, Uskl-Enor, Uskl-Renza, Uskl-Wioc, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--tribal-bands", "title": "Tribal bands", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Labyrinth", "Names" ], "body": "Here's a typical tribal band:\n\n**Size** *hamlet* (~25 to 75 souls)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--population-1-to-1", "title": "Population -1 to +1", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Labyrinth", "Names" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth-2", "title": "Resources", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Gathering (fungus, fish, water)\n- Farming (fungus, grubs, bugs)\n- Scavenging (Forge Lord sites)\n- Raiding (neighboring tribes)\n- Cannibalism", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--defenses-0", "title": "Defenses +0", "level": 4, "path": [ "Resources" ], "body": "- Warlike culture\n- Bone clubs/spears tipped with obsidian\n- Corrupted gifts\n- Magical artifacts\n\nEach tribal band descends from a particular warlord or sorcerer-king of the Barrow Builders and the disciples who followed them into exile. And each band is likewise corrupted by a different one of the Things Below.\n\nFor each tribal band, pick or create the **[[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|entity they worship]]**. Pick or roll for a gift and a mark that entity bestows on their people. Then pick or roll an asset and a quirk. Finally, identify 1d6 **artifacts** of the Barrow Builders, **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Artifacts**|Forge Lords]]**, or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|Things Below]]** that they hold as sacred treasures.\n\n| 1d6 | gift |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | Eat flesh to regenerate wounds |\n| 2 | Soundless movement |\n| 3 | Immunity to poison, fire, and cold |\n| 4 | Brutal strength (+2 damage, *forceful*) |\n| 5 | Throat sac, exhales poison gas (d4, *close*, *area*, *reload*, *debilitating*) |\n| 6 | Wordless communication |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth-3", "title": "1d6 mark", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 No eyes (they echolocate)\n- 2 Too-long limbs, fingers, necks\n- 3 Covered in weeping sores\n- 4 Grotesque/horrific behaviors (even for thraulgwyn)\n- 5 Subject to hallucinations\n- 6 Fear open flame\n\nSee [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]] for more gifts and marks.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth-4", "title": "1d6 asset", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Metal weapons, lovingly cared for\n- 2 Means to brew a paralytic poison\n- 3 An additional gift\n- 4 Greater numbers (a *village*, ~150 souls)\n- 5 A pet **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanation]]**\n- 6 Still led by their **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Deathless ones**|deathless]]** founder, and roll again", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth-5", "title": "1d6 quirk", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Hubristic and overconfident\n- 2 Bear an additional mark\n- 3 Build structures out of bones\n- 4 Venture out to the surface at night\n- 5 Revere **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Magma worm**|magma worms]]**\n- 6 Intrigued by surface-dwellers", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--trade-barter", "title": "Trade & Barter", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 quirk" ], "body": "The PCs must be on civil terms with a group of thraulgwyn before any of this matters.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--commonly-available", "title": "Commonly available", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 quirk" ], "body": "The following would be special items in Stonetop, but they are commonly available among the thraulgwyn. The PCs can acquire them here without rolling, but need to trade something of equal Value. Meat, clean water, and whisky are always in demand, as are durable goods and tools. But thraulgwyn have little use for coin or luxuries, and are suspicious of most other surface food.\n\n| goods | value |\n|------------------------------------------|---------|\n| Set of bone tools (needles, hooks, etc.) | 0 |\n| Pouch of hallucinogenic spores ( use) | 0 |\n| Supplies ( uses, crude , unsavory ) | 0 |\n| Corpse-wax candle (last ~1 hour, close ) | 1* |\n| Bone or stone weapon ( crude ) | 1* |\n| Glimmercap oil ( hours, hand , crude ) | 1* |\n| Elaborately scrimshawed bone item | +1 |\n\n- *-1 if sold/traded outside the Labyrinth.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--special-items", "title": "Special items", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 quirk" ], "body": "The following might be acquired from or traded to the thraulgwyn, but the PCs must roll Trade & Barter to do so.\n\nWhen PCs Trade & Barter among a band of thraulgwyn , they use the local Prosperity (-1 by default) with disadvantage because it's a hamlet . On a 6, they don't mark XP-this band simply doesn't have or want what the PCs are after/selling.\n\n| goods | value |\n|---|---|\n| Red crystal 'candle' ( hand , magical ) | 1 |\n| Vial of paralytic powder ( use, close ) | 1 |\n| Meat provisions, don't ask ( uses) | 1* |\n| Human-hide armor (1 armor) | 1* |\n| pouch of [[18 - Forge Lords#**Anthracite**\\|anthracite]] (~10 lumps, each lasts ~8 hours, *close*, *area*) | 2* |\n| Red crystal 'torch'( reach , area , magical) | 3* |\n| Pottery, wool, textiles, wooden items | +1* |\n| Bronze, iron, or steel items/weapons | +1* |\n| An object of black iron [[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**\\|Primordial Powers]] | +2 |\n| Scavenged makerglass [[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures\\|Various treasures]] | +2 |\n\n* -1 if sold/traded outside the Labyrinth.\n\nThraulgwyn are always willing to accept people or corpses in trade: a living wretch or a dodgy corpse is Value 1, a healthy specimen is Value 2, a big healthy surface dweller might be Value 3.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--services-and-favors", "title": "Services and Favors", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 quirk" ], "body": "PCs don't need to roll Trade & Barter for the following, but they will likely need to Persuade people-even if they offer something of suitable Value.\n\n| service/favor | value |\n|------------------------------------------|---------|\n| Araid against a rival tribe | 0 |\n| Directions to a spot in the Labyrinth | 1 |\n| A day's food and shelter | 1 |\n| A guide for a few days | 2 |\n| A temporary truce with a rival tribe | 2 |\n| Directions to a forbidden or sacred site | 3 |\n| Ritual to commune with a Thing Below | 3 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth-6", "title": "The Deeps", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The Labyrinth is far from static. Earthquakes, volcanism, and burrowing **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Magma worm**|magma worms]]** all wreak havoc upon it. But you could map it. You could learn its ways and find your way back to a place you had been.\n\nBut as one goes deeper, things change. The world becomes… softer. Less fixed. And beyond an uncertain point, one enters the Deeps.\n\nThe Deeps shift when you aren't looking. They reflect your fears and your desires. They seek to trap you, to twist you, to consume you. For it is here, of all the places in the world, that one is closest to the Things Below.\n\nWhy would anyone come here? Perhaps…\n\n- … they are called by the Things Below;\n- … they are lost and didn't mean to come;\n- … to rescue someone;\n- … to find an artifact of legend;\n- … to hide something away forever; and/or\n- … to do the impossible: to face and truly slay one of the Things Below.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--impressions-2", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Deeps" ], "body": "- Endless tunnels, going and going\n- Thoughts drifting as you trudge along, jerking awake\n- The darkness, deeper and absolute\n- When did you last eat, drink, or rest?\n- Wait, who are these people again?\n- Dreamlike acceptance of whatever weirdness you encounter", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--arriving", "title": "Arriving", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Deeps", "Impressions" ], "body": "When the PCs first arrive, describe their endless slog using the impressions above. Intersperse your description with questions like these:\n\n- What pleasant detail about the surface are you struggling to recall?\n- What do you fear you'll find here?\n- What nightmare keeps replaying in your mind?\n- Who'd be better off if you never made it home?\n- When did you start suspecting that \\_\\_ isn't really who they say they are?\n\nAfter setting the mood, present a **nightmare tableau** (below). If the PCs escape it, they are then **traversing the Deeps** (next page).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--nightmare-tableaux", "title": "Nightmare tableaux", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Deeps", "Impressions" ], "body": "Pick or roll for the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Nightmare tableaux**|terrain]]**, including features, and combine with a **theme** of the **[[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|Things Below]]**. Pick or roll for the crux of the tableau and its instinct. Create a scene or situation that combines these elements, riffing on whatever internal conflicts the PCs are dealing with.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--1d6-crux", "title": "1d6 crux", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Deeps" ], "body": "- 1 Another traveler, trapped here\n- 2 Details pulled from the PCs' minds\n- 3 Simulacra of known NPCs, convinced that they are real\n- 4 Simulacra of the PCs, convinced they are real\n- 5 An **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|artifact]]** of the Things Below, the tableau's heart\n- 6 Roll twice, combine", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--1d6-instinct", "title": "1d6 instinct", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Deeps" ], "body": "- 1 To traumatize/punish them\n- 2 To weaken/hurt/degrade them\n- 3 To **corrupt** them [[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|The Things Below]]\n- 4 To turn them against each other\n- 5 To trap or ensnare them\n- 6 To coalesce into a full-fledged\n\n**[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanation]]**\n\nPlay out the scene with dreamlike logic but very real potential consequences for the PCs. Make liberal use of **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|whispers and visions]]** and **[[46 - The Things Below#**On a 6-**, pick 1:|unnatural phenomena]]**. Should a simulacrum leave the tableau with the PCs, decide for yourself what happens; don't be afraid to get weird.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--traversing-the-deeps", "title": "Traversing the Deeps", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Deeps", "1d6 instinct" ], "body": "Time flows strangely down here. Visitors don't really need food or drink. Sleep is fleeting. Light sources might last indefinitely, only to snuff out at the worst moment. Distances are fluid, dreamlike. Those who wander without a purpose are sure to be trapped, or worse.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--seek-out", "title": "SEEK OUT", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Deeps", "1d6 instinct" ], "body": "When you *seek something in the Deeps*, whoever leads the way rolls +WIS. Unless they bear a holy light, they roll with disadvantage. **On a 10+**, pick 1 from the list below; **on a 7-9**, encounter a danger, but gain +1 Progress; **on a 6-**, lose all Progress and encounter a danger.\n\n- Encounter a danger, but gain +2 Progress\n- You find a reprieve, a pocket of normalcy and a safe place to Make Camp\n\nWhen you *encounter a danger*, roll the Die of Fate to see what it is.\n\n*The PCs get lost in the Labyrinth, one of their followers dying in the process. Now they've wandered into the Deeps, full of guilt and recrimination.*\n\n*For their first tableau, I roll a 7 for terrain (\"steps, terraces, ledges\") and an 11 for a feature (\"slippery mud/scree/oil/ ooze\"). For a theme, I get 12: \"Death/undeath/loss/grief… (skulls, tombs, pyres).\" Looking at the crux list, I just pick \"simulacra of known NPCs,\" and I roll a 5 for instinct (\"to trap or ensnare them\").* \n\n*The tunnel opens to a cavern of everwider terraces, sloping down out of sight, covered with scree and rubble. But the scree isn't stone, it's bones and skulls, who knows how deep? If they slip, the bones cut them, drag them down, try to bury them. As they cross, that dead follower starts calling for help, trapped in the bone-rubble, and don't you dare leave me again, you bastards!*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--1d6-danger", "title": "1d6 danger", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Deeps" ], "body": "- 1 **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Soithech**|Tcaventes]]**, wandering\n- 2 An **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanation]]**\n- 3 A huge **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Magma worm**|magma worm]]**\n- 4 A **nightmare tableau** (previous page)\n- 5 An ordeal: heat, cold, hunger, intrusive thoughts, false memories, etc.\n- 6 Someone else lost down here, maybe from a different time, paranoid or at least extremely wary\n\nWhen you *escape or otherwise survive the danger and you hold 3+ Progress,* you find your goal. If you continue to seek your current goal, keep your Progress and make this move again. If you choose a new goal, lose all Progress.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--the-utterwell", "title": "The Utterwell", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Deeps", "1d6 danger" ], "body": "At the very bottom of the Deeps stands a throne of **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]**, the seat of **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Soithech**|Tcaventes, Shackle and Key]]**. Behind the throne looms a black iron door. An **[[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|orichalcum]]** bolt holds the door fast. The bolt is bound with the **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Ineffable Words|Ineffable Word]]** for \"seal.\"\n\nThe black iron door opens onto the shore of the Utterwell: a sunless sea, still and black as night. No light penetrates its depths, not even the light of Helior. Anyone or anything who enters the sea is gone, consumed by the Things Below.\n\nWhen you *stand before the Utterwell and call one of the Things Below by name*, it will emerge in all its terrible glory. Woe be upon you. And if the door is still open, woe be upon the world.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Deeps" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Deeps", "Dangers" ], "body": "- Getting lost\n- Running out of light\n- Cold, especially if they get wet\n- Heat, gas, **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#**Volcanic activity**|volcanic activity]]**\n- Treacherous footing, slopes, climbs\n- Getting stuck in a squeeze\n- An unexpected drop-off\n- Cave-ins, rock-falls\n- **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#**Volcanic activity**|Earthquakes!]]**\n- Panic in the face of the above", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--monsters-and-such", "title": "Monsters and such", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Deeps", "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** and **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]** of those who never got out\n- **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Metal constructs**|Metal constructs]]**, guarding something or on some task\n- **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#**Volcanic activity**|Caralandrao]]**, seeking magic\n- **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#**Fire drake**|Fire drakes]]**, near magma\n- A **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|grochslon]]**, near a stream, lake, or cave mouth\n- Explorers: **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Adventurer|adventurers]]**, an **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Adventurer|antiquarian]]**, a **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|sorcerer]]**, etc.\n- **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]**, en route or in search of something\n- A **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Draventao**|draventao]]**, making its lair down here\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|Corrupted beings]]**: bats, rockrats, spirits, any of the above\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|Emanations]]** of the Things Below, seeping out of the Deeps", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--corruption-as-one-goes-deeper", "title": "Corruption, as one goes deeper", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Deeps", "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|Disquiet and unease]]**\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|Whispers and visions]]**, coming from below\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**On a 6-**, pick 1:|Unnatural phenomena]]**, in or near the Deeps", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--magma-worm", "title": "Magma worm", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Deeps" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *primordial*, *large*, *terrifying* **HP** 19; **Armor** 4 (rocky plates, lacks vitals) **Damage** bite d10+3 (*hand*, *close*, *grabby*, *messy*, 1 piercing) or searing touch d10 (*hand*, *area*)\n\n**Special qualities** blind; tremorsense; fireproof; superheated body; can move only forward, can't back up\n\n**Instinct** to devour minerals and metal\n\n- ä Eat through solid rock\n- ä Burst forth from a tunnel wall\n- ä Exude choking, sulfurous gas\n- ä Melt metal that pierces it\n\nCreatures of the first age, things of fire and stone. They're segmented, 3' thick and 20' long, covered in overlapping plates that glow red at the seams. The air heat-shimmers around them. They have no eyes, just a great mouth-opening and concentric rows of grinding teeth that melt and burrow through rock. Winding tunnels stretch behind them, lined with slag hardened into ropy stone.\n\nThe worms described here are mere centuries old, the ones most likely to be encountered. Older and larger ones survive in the Deeps, up to 10' wide and over a 100' long (*huge*, +6 HP, +2 damage and roll 1d12 instead of 1d10). In eons past, even larger worms carved out much of the Labyrinth.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--thraulgwyn-raider", "title": "Thraulgwyn raider", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Deeps" ], "body": "*Group*, *corrupted*, *stealthy*, *organized*, *cautious*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 0 or 1 (human hide) **Damage** obsidian-tipped bone spear d8 (*close*, *thrown*, *crude*), femur d8 (*close*, *crude*), hair-rope net (*thrown*, *crude*, *grabby*), bite d6 (*hand*)\n\n**Special qualities** gifted and marked according to their tribe [[28 - The Labyrinth#1d6 discovery|1d6]]\n\n**Instinct** to glorify their tribe\n\n- ä Use their gift\n- ä Move quietly through the dark\n- ä Lure prey into an ambush\n- ä Pounce with sudden ferocity\n- ä Flee if things go south\n\nThey roam the tunnels in gangs of 3-5, playing cat and mouse with rival bands. Should they notice outsiders, they might try to ambush them, capture them, and eat them. But they might also greet them, offer to trade, try to use them against their foes.\n\nSome raiding parties are led by a champion (*leader*, +2 HP, deals damage with advantage), who bears one of their tribal band's sacred artifacts.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--soithech", "title": "Soithech", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Deeps" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *corrupted*, *devious*, *magical*, *cautious*\n\n**HP** 18; **Armor** 5 (resilience, human hide), 1 vs. bronze\n\n**Damage** obsidian knife d10 (*hand*, *crude*) **Special qualities** powerfully gifted and marked, as per their tribe [[28 - The Labyrinth#1d6 discovery|1d6]]\n\n**Instinct** to maintain their status\n\n- ä Foresee an opportunity or dire event\n- ä Play parties against each other\n- ä Use their gift, or one of their tribe's sacred artifacts\n- ä Embody an aspect of their master\n\nMost thraulgwyn settlements are ruled by a soithech, a \"vessel,\" who claims descent from the tribe's founder. They preach old ways and old hatreds, keeping their people in line with prophecies of glory and doom—some of which are even true.\n\nA soitech's power is not just political. They manifest their tribe's gift and mark with great intensity, and they can let the power of their patron Thing Below flow through them. When they do, they change to embody one of its aspects [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]] and gain up to 3 additional gifts [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]. Adjust their stat block accordingly.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "28-the-labyrinth--tcaventes-shackle-and-key", "title": "Tcaventes, Shackle and Key", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Deeps" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *primordial*, *construct*, *magical*, *terrifying*, *corrupted*\n\n**HP** 25; **Armor** 6 (hard, warded, lacks vitals), 4 vs. black iron\n\n**Damage** word of force d12+3 (*near*, *area*, *forceful*) or four fists d12+3 with advantage (*close*, *reach*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** ageless; immune to the elements; perceives thought and matter; omnilingual\n\n**Instinct** to hide evidence of their failure, even from themselves\n\n- ä Sense and neutralize threats with cold precision\n- ä Shift the environment to create or close an opening\n- ä Seal or unseal: a door, a binding, a mouth, a secret, etc.\n- ä Blaze suddenly with the blinding light of creation\n\nThey are an **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|archon]]**, forged by the First Creators to stand vigil over the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Tcaventes, Shackle and Key**|Utterwell]]** and to act as a bulwark against the Things Below. They are Tcaventes, Shackle and Key. A flawless guardian.\n\nOr at least, they were. Over eons, even they succumbed to the whispers of the Things Below. The corruption leads to lapses of discipline that let their charges' influence seep out through the Deeps. It amplifies their guilt, which leads to denial strong enough to drive Tcaventes mad.\n\nShould the PCs encounter Tcaventes on their throne, they will find the archon focused, vigilant, and stern, with only a hint of their unravelling mind.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south", "title": "Lygos and the South", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Picture a sun-drenched land, a semi-arid climate. Roads stretch out between cities and oases. Farmers tend to orchards of figs, dates, and olives. Boundless fields of grain sway in gentle winds.\n\nPicture palaces, temples, and handsome estates. Priests, scholars, and bureaucrats bustle about. Politicians squabble over laws and votes. Merchants hawk goods from the far corners of the world. Dozens of languages can be heard in streets and taverns.\n\nPicture armies on the march in tight formation, spears and shields and helms a-glinting. Plumes of dust rise from thousands of stamping feet. Horses neigh and harnesses clatter. Camels bray. Elephants trumpet.\n\nPicture opulence and splendor, silks and feathers, spices piled high in lurid color. Picture hunger and desperation, urchins risking a hand to steal a loaf of bread. Picture the rich and powerful above mundane concern. Picture the poor and downtrodden consumed by nothing but.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lygos and the South" ], "body": "Inspired by Greek, Hebrew, Persian, and Arabic: Agatte, Aref, Alix, Baraz, Canan, Darya, Demetra, Elene, Elios, Fotios, Faruza, Golza, Iasos, Iona, Kyriakos, Marika, Maayan, Osher, Natasa, Nivola, Rinat, Stamat, Thecla, Zhaleh.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lygos and the South" ], "body": "- Do they fear deep water down south?\n- Do they ply the seas or shun them?\n- What are the most common languages down there?\n- What clothing/markings/traits are distinctive to Lygosi? To southerners in general?\n- What festival or holiday do they celebrate this time of year?\n- What game/pastime/food are Lygosi/ southerners known for?\n- Do they worship \\_\\_? How does that worship differ from up here in Stonetop?\n- Who (or what) do they worship that isn't well-known up here?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--personal-questions", "title": "Personal questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lygos and the South" ], "body": "If a PC hails from the south, ask some or all of the following.\n\n- Are you from Lygos proper? Or some where else down south?\n- What little thing do you miss about life down there?\n- What do you miss the least?\n- What drove you to leave?\n- Who did you leave behind?\n- What southern practice do you still observe?\n- What was most surprising to you about life in these parts?\n- Are there other southerners in Stonetop? Who?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--a-storied-past", "title": "A storied past", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lygos and the South" ], "body": "The arid south has long been a cradle of civilization. Ruins and ancient works dot the landscape and clutter cities. Who built them, and where did those people go? That's for you and your group to decide, but perhaps these structures were built by…\n\n- … a truly ancient people, predating even the Makers;\n- … the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**, before their island capital was swallowed by the sea;\n- … the ancestors of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**), who later migrated north;\n- … an offshoot of the **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]**, spreading out through a network of portals;\n- … some other group of **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**, unheard of up north;\n- … ancient humans—contemporaries of the Makers, perhaps even their rivals;\n- … offshoots of the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**, who forged human civilization from blood and fire and sand;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lygos and the South" ], "body": "- Catastrophe (war, plague, famine, etc.) sends refugees flooding north.\n- A deposed royal flees to the north incognito, pursued by assassins.\n- An old foe/rival/creditor of a PC (or an important NPC) comes calling.\n- A southern antiquarian arrives, looking to excavate a specific Maker-ruin (possibly one in Stonetop).\n- Members of a persecuted mystery cult arrive from down South; if Stonetop won't accept them, they take up residence in the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--there-and-back-again", "title": "There and back again", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lygos and the South" ], "body": "A typical trip to and from Lygos involves:\n\n- An entire season of travel (80-90 days), there and back.\n- Joining a merchant caravan for the trip there, and another one for the trip back (Value 2 each way).\n- While in Lygos, either…\n- … a purse of silvers (Value 2) to pay for room, board, and bribes; or\n- … a resident of Lygos willing to put you up and cover your costs.\n- The risk of misadventure, robbery, betrayal, or sundry other setbacks at every turn.\n\nDon't play out trips to Lygos in detail! Doing so would take dozens of sessions and could easily derail your campaign. Unless you and your group actively decide to leave Stonetop behind and play a very different sort of game, then you should handle PC trips to Lygos off-camera.\n\nUse **[[16 - Writing Moves and Love Letters#**Writing love letters**|love letters]]** to gloss over such a journey. Work with the player(s) to identify:\n\n- What they hope to accomplish\n- How they plan to go about it\n- What valuables/resources they bring with them\n\nThink about what might go wrong, what might go well, and what obligations or simmering troubles they're leaving behind. Think about elements of the setting or character that you want to explore or highlight. Weave these together into a love letter for each PC who makes the journey, and present it to each player when their PC returns to Stonetop.\n\nIf some PCs remained behind while the others went to Lygos, you can write love letters for the PCs who stayed behind, summarizing events back home. Or, you can play one or more sessions with just those players. Or you can replace the travelling PCs with temporary PCs for a few sessions. Work with your group to decide on the best approach.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--merchants", "title": "Merchants", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lygos and the South" ], "body": "A few dozen caravans make their way up from Lygos every year. A typical merchant caravan is made up of:\n\n- 3-12 separate merchants, each with at least one wagon or cart\n- 2-4 helpers per merchant (often family members)\n- Horses, mules, donkeys, or other beasts of burden\n- **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Assassin**|Caravan guards]]**, ~6 per merchant\n\nMost caravans stop in in Marshedge to trade, but some enterprising souls will veer into the **[[42 - The Steplands#The Steplands|Steplands]]** and trade with the **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** directly. Others keep going north to one of the **[[34 - North Manmarch#**Hamlet**|Manmarcher's hillforts]]**. A rare few merchants make their way to **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**, and some of those stop in Stonetop.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--trade-opportunities", "title": ". trade opportunities .", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lygos and the South" ], "body": "If the PCs get a trade opportunity (from the Seasons Change move), a southern merchant might offer the following:\n\n- A good exchange rate, two or even three Value 2 items for 1 Surplus.\n- 1-4 Value 2 items or even a Value 3 item, in exchange for some creepy arcanum or relic of the past (might have repercussions)\n- A unit of exotic trade goods (Value 3) in exchange for a bundle of **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Feathered drake**|drake feathers]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Feathered drake**|gylglyd flowers]]**, a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|raselbaedd hide]]**, etc.\n- A suit of armor or weapon of war, forged from **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]**, as payment for helping them recover some lost or stolen goods (Value 3).\n- An arcanum of **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Artifacts|primordial power]]**, from one of **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|the Makers]]**, or related to **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|the Things Below]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south-2", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south-3", "title": "Adventurer", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*Group*, *hoarder*, *devious*, [pick 1 more] **HP** 8; **Armor** 1 to 3 (skill, armor, and/or shield)\n\n**Damage** whatever's at hand d8 (*hand*, *close*, maybe *forceful* or *messy*)\n\n**Instinct** to stir up trouble\n\n- ä Sniff out an opportunity, or reveal one\n- ä Escape danger in a way that endangers others\n- ä Act without scruple\n- ä Use a particular knack or skill\n\nThey make their way north now and then: scoundrels, mercenaries, treasure-hunters… folk who just can't make a go of a normal life. They'll show up in Marshedge or Stonetop or Gordin's Delve, in search of some big score. Or running from the consequences of the last one. Or both.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--antiquarian", "title": "Antiquarian", "level": 3, "path": [ "Adventurer" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *hoarder*, *cautious*, *cunning*, *magical*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--hp-12-armor-0", "title": "HP 12; Armor 0", "level": 2, "path": [ "Adventurer" ], "body": "**Damage** iron mattock d8 w/disadvantage (*close*, *messy*, *awkward*) or knife d6 w/disadvantage (*hand*)\n\n**Special qualities** often in possession of **arcana** (page [[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#An old scroll case , fragile|508\\)]] and willing to use them\n\n**Instinct** to indulge their curiosity or to secure the next big score\n\n- ä Expound at length upon a topic\n- ä Open, touch, or tinker with something\n- ä Use a minor spell or artifact\n- ä Hang back and let the help face the danger\n\nAmong the southern well-to-do, the glorious past is a point of pride. Wealthy households keep pet scholars on retainer, and sponsor the study of ruins and antiquities. There's a brisk trade in artifacts and relics. Collectors pay handsomely for items of true power.\n\nThe south is full of ruins, but it's also teeming with people. The best sites have already been dug up. But up north, at the World's End? Why, one can barely swing a shovel without hitting some relic of the past, just waiting to be excavated. And studied. And sold.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--assassin", "title": "Assassin", "level": 2, "path": [ "Adventurer" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *stealthy*, *devious*\n\n**HP** 12; **Armor** 1 (skill)\n\n**Damage** dagger 1d10 (*hand*, 1 piercing) or garrote d8 (*hand*, *grabby*, ignores armor)\n\n**Instinct** to finish the job (nothing personal)\n\n- ä Stalk their target at length ä Pass unnoticed, in shadow or disguise\n- ä Poison someone\n- ä Slip away, try again later\n\nOnly in \"civilized\" lands is there such demand for murder that it's an actual profession.\n\n *Horde*, *organized*, *cautious*, *alert* **HP** 3; **Armor** 2 (shield, leather cuirass)\n\n**Damage** iron spear d6 (close, thrown) or dagger d6 (hand)\n\n**Professional instinct** to keep their ward(s) safe\n\n- ä Spot or suspect trouble\n- ä Take sensible precautions\n- ä Put themselves in harm's way\n\n**Craven instinct** to avoid real danger\n\n- ä Suggest a safer course of action\n- ä Make a show of force\n- ä Flee, surrender, or betray their client", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--conquering-army", "title": "Conquering army", "level": 2, "path": [ "Adventurer" ], "body": "The armies of the south are said to be as limitless as the stars in the sky, as countless as the leaves in the Great Wood. If they wanted, they could field legions whose soldiers outnumbered the entire population of the World's End. Thankfully, the southern nations have seen no value in invading the north. At least, not yet.\n\nWhat would prompt an invasion? Perhaps…\n\n- … a holy mandate to spread some southern faith;\n- … an emperor who has united the southern nations, and now turns toward new conquests;\n- … a new ruler in Lygos, obsessed with recovering the Makers' arts;\n- … a dearth of arable land, timber, salt, or just living space;\n- … an unquenchable thirst for slaves (or sacrifices);\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "29-lygos-and-the-south--invasion-threat-affliction-instinct-to-subjugate", "title": "Invasion Threat (affliction) Instinct to subjugate", "level": 2, "path": [ "Adventurer" ], "body": "l A company (200-400 troops) establishes a foothold in the **[[40 - South Manmarch#South Manmarch|South Manmarch]]**, proceeds to subjugate local **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** l 2,000 soldiers march on **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**, their council surrenders, Brennan and the Claws flee l The army invades the **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|North Manmarch]]**, conquering a number of settlements, hillforts l Remaining Manmarch chiefs surrender; a company of soldiers besieges **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**; another marches on Stonetop and demands surrender l **Impending doom:** Stonetop is conquered and a garrison established\n\n**Stakes** Can the Hillfolk be united against the southerners? What about the Manmarchers? Will the PCs ally with Brennan?\n\n**Cavalry**\n\n*Horde*, *large*, *organized*, *terrifying* **HP** 10; **Armor** 2 (shield, iron scale) **Damage** iron-tipped long spear d6+4 (*reach*, *forceful*), or sword d6+4 (*close*, *forceful*), or bow d6 (*far*)\n\n**Instinct** to attack where the foe is weak\n\n- ä Circle around their enemy\n- ä Attack on the move\n- ä Form a wedge and charge, d6+4 w/ advantage (*reach*, *close*, *hand*, *area*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Infantry**\n\n*Horde*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 3; **Armor** 2 (shield, linen cuirass) **Damage** iron-tipped long spear d6 (*reach*), or short sword d6 (*hand*, *close*)\n\n**Instinct** to follow orders\n\n- ä Form a phalanx\n- ä Pin down or hem in their foe\n\n**Legionary**\n\n *Horde*, *organized*, *hardy*, *disciplined*\n\n**HP** 7; **Armor** 3 (shield, iron scale)\n\n**Damage** iron short sword d6 (*hand*, *close*), or spear d6 (*close*, *thrown*)\n\n**Instinct** to conquer\n\n- ä Fight in tight-knit formation\n- ä Hold the line\n- ä Advance implacably\n\n**Skirmisher**\n\n *Horde*, *stealthy*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 3; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** long bow d6 (*far*), or sling d6 (*near*, *reload*), or short swords (*hand*, *close*)\n\n**Instinct** to avoid a fair fight\n\n- ä Unleash a volley, then retreat\n- ä Cover distance quickly\n- ä Attack a flank", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers", "title": "The Makers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "These lands were once ruled by giants, who stood two or three times the height of a full-grown human. They were powerful not only in stature but also in learning, wisdom, and magic. They established mighty civilizations and left many wonders in their wake.\n\nFive different groups of Makers helped to shape the region now called World's End. These included…\n\n- … the **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]**, passionate artisans who bent fire and metal to their will;\n- … the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]**, who bred and shaped all forms of life and bound the spirits of the wild to their will;\n- … the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**, who embraced the cold of the far north and practiced all manner of ascetic disciplines and esoteric arts;\n- … the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**, who carved cities out of bedrock, raised towering monuments, and sang stone and crystal and glass into impossible shapes; and\n- … the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**, who harnessed the primal forces of sky and sea, who sailed forth to conquer much of the world.\n\nThe Tempest Lords' empire was the oldest and greatest nation of Makers, and for a long time the others lived in their shadow. But hubris led to the empire's ruin, and allowed the other Makers to rise in power. There were rivalries between them, certainly, and border conflicts, but for centuries they largely lived in peace. They traded goods and ideas, even cooperated on grand projects like the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Makers' Roads]]**.\n\nThe peace did not last forever. The Green Lords called on the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** to crush their rebellious servants, a crime for which the Stone Lords would not stand. They led their brethren against the now-corrupted Green Lords, shattered their lands and tried to wipe them from the earth. They succeeded, but at great cost.\n\nFor the whispers of the Things Below had become a song. And over the decades, the Stone Lords' own human servants were themselves corrupted. In a flurry of violence, they broke the seals and turned against their masters, and ushered in the **[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]**. The power of the Things Below was loosed upon the world, and one-by-one the remaining Makers fell.\n\nThat was a few centuries ago, at least. But the bones of those civilizations remain.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Makers" ], "body": "- A still-living Maker is found, **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Vitrification|vitrified]]** or caught in some **[[12 - Fae#**Getting there**|Fae domain]]** or otherwise held in stasis.\n- Someone unearths a stele, with a lengthy decree written in multiple Maker-scripts as well as an archaic but well-known—southern alphabet.\n- Two rival scholars are willing to kill in order to prove their theories about the Makers are correct.\n- Adventurers discover a ruin or tomb, clearly of the Makers, but bearing symbols and decorations unlike those of any of the known Makers. Perhaps there was a sixth type or nation of Makers?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers-2", "title": "Lore", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers--everyone-knows", "title": "Everyone knows:", "level": 3, "path": [ "Lore" ], "body": "- Giants built most of the ruins that dot the landscape and on which the settlements in the region were built\n- The Highway and the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|West Road]]** were built by these Makers\n- There were different groups of Makers, dwelling in different regions\n- They worked powerful magic, some of which persists today", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers--one-might-know", "title": "One might know:", "level": 3, "path": [ "Lore" ], "body": "- The different types of Makers, where each dwelt, their most important themes\n- What happened to each group, broadly\n- The distinct features of each group's writing/architecture/artifacts\n- The special materials—like **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]** or **[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]** —associated with each group, and their common properties\n- The names of a few individuals\n- Which peoples served/followed/were created by them\n- How to use/replicate some of their magic\n- How to read their writing [[30 - The Makers#**True nature**|The Makers]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers--very-few-know", "title": "Very few know:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Lore", "One might know:" ], "body": "- The nuances of their politics, rivalries, history, and schisms\n- How to speak their languages\n- How to recreate their special materials\n- The underpinnings of their magic\n\nWhen a PC Knows Things about the Makers and gets a 7+, be sure to ask, \"How do you know this?\" If they're stuck for plausible answers, then give them suggestions: a folk tale, a children's song, secrets imparted by a wise old mentor, a tale heard from a merchant or an old prospector, some previous adventure, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers-3", "title": "Questions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- In their art, how did these Makers depict themselves? How were they different than humans, beyond just their size?\n- Can Maker-ruins be found in **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Lygos and the South|Lygos and the South]]**? If so, how are they different than those often found around here?\n- Who is the authoritative scholar on the(se) Makers? When were they active? On what did they base their research? What did they clearly get wrong?\n- Which of the Makers' scripts are most like the common alphabet(s) used today?\n- How can you tell that these markings are magical, not mere writing?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers--xooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo", "title": "xooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers--sites", "title": "Sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Signs of these ancient civilizations litter the region, many of them surprisingly well-preserved. Some of these ruins are familiar and widely used today, but many are forgotten, avoided, or shunned. For while they contain many wonders of the past, they also hold ancient dangers. Plenty of them are **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|haunted]]**, or corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**.\n\nXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\n\nCreate a site based on the type(s) of Makers who left it. Pick the creators based on where the site is located, or roll if you're unsure.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers--1d6-makers-site-locations", "title": "1d6 MAKERS & SITE LOCATIONS", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "- 1 The **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]**:\n - The Huffel Peaks [[27 - Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]\n - Gordin's Delve [[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin’s Delve]]\n - Western edge of the Flats [[14 - The Flats|The Flats]]\n- 2 The **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]**:\n - The Great Wood [[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|The Great Wood]]\n - Ferrier's Fen [[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier’s Fen]]\n - The Foothills [[16 - The Foothills|The Foothills]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "title": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "- 3 The **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**:\n - The Whitefang Mountains [[54 - The Whitefang Mountains|The Whitefang Mountains]]\n - The Foothills [[16 - The Foothills|The Foothills]]\n- 4 The **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**:\n - The Steplands [[42 - The Steplands#Spring|Spring]]\n - The South Manmarch [[40 - South Manmarch|South Manmarch]]\n - South arm of the Huffel Peaks [[27 - Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]\n - Southern edge of the Flats [[14 - The Flats|The Flats]]\n\n- 5 The **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**:\n - Along the **[[11 - The Dread River#The Dread River|Dread River]]**\n - The Flats [[14 - The Flats|The Flats]]\n - The Ruined Tower [[39 - The Ruined Tower|The Ruined Tower]]\n - Anywhere you want (their skyislands flew far and wide)\n- 6 Multiple Makers:\n - Along the Makers' Roads [[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|The Makers’ Roads]]\n - Along the **[[11 - The Dread River#The Dread River|Dread River]]**\n - Along borders between regions", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers--true-nature", "title": "True nature", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "The Makers were large and physically powerful, adept with magic, quick of mind, and they brimmed with elemental might. Individuals varied greatly in both personal power and prestige.\n\nThey were long-lived but far from immortal, and reproduced slowly (if at all). Their numbers, thus, were relatively few, and they surrounded themselves with slaves, servants, and disciples of smaller stature: humans, **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**, **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]**, etc.\n\nBeyond that, the nature of the Makers is for you to decide. Perhaps they were…\n\n- … among the first sentient beings, placed here by the **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|primordial powers]]**;\n- … children of **[[09 - Danu, the Earth Mother#Danu, the Earth Mother|Danu]]**, birthed from the elements themselves;\n- … humans who elevated themselves through magic and study;\n- … immigrants from across a trackless sea;\n- … travelers from another world or dimension;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\nThe answer might well be different for each group of Makers. Maybe the Tempest Lords were among the the first sentient beings and the other Makers were once their human subjects, who stole their power as the first empire waned and fell. Or maybe the Forge Lords came from another world, but the Stone Lords were born of the hills and mountains.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "30-the-makers--runes-glyphs", "title": "Runes & glyphs", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Ancient writing often adorns Maker-ruins and artifacts. Most of these runes and glyphs are mundane (names, labels, memorials, directions, warnings, etc). But some Maker-marks brim with power. They bind spirits, channel energy, anchor magical effects. Many **minor arcana** (page [[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#An old scroll case , fragile|508\\)]] feature such writing, which PCs must decipher in order to unlock the arcana's secrets.\n\nIf a PC is literate and has some justification (such as the Well Versed move with \"the Makers and their arts\" as a topic), then they can Know Things to decipher Maker runes and glyphs: **on a 10+**, tell them the full meaning; **on a 7-9**, give them a vague sense of the text's meaning, or a few possible translations, and a way to learn more; **on a 6-**, maybe tell them what's required to translate the text, and/or interrupt the scene with trouble.\n\nOther PCs can Know Things about Maker runes and glyphs, but at best they can discern a few words and recognize the magical vs. the mundane. Focus instead on who could help them translate the runes, or who might find them valuable, or places and artifacts that bear similar markings, and what the PC knows about them.\n\n**The Makers**\n\nIf the PCs can't immediately decipher the Markings, then maybe they could…\n\n- … show the writing to a learned elder back home;\n- … Spend a few weeks referencing their collection of Books and Scrolls (if they have one);\n- … confer with an **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Dangers**|antiquarian]]**, probably in **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]** or **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**;\n- … convince the monks up in **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]** to help;\n- … seek aid from a **[[26 - Hillfolk#Upland horse|spirit-talker]]** or **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]**;\n- … make a deal with a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**, **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]**, etc.;\n\n- … find an intact **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lord]]** tomb and beseech its mummified occupant to help; or\n- … conjure the shade of a Maker or **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builder]]**, perhaps at the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Crossroads]]**, and bargain for their service.\n\nThe Tempest Lords used ideographic glyphs (ideas, not sounds). The other Makers' writing was phonetic; just how distinct their alphabets were is up for you and your group to decide.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "31-the-makers-roads", "title": "The Makers' Roads", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The West Road stretches from Stonetop to **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**. About 15 miles from town, it crosses the Highway, which runs from **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]** all the way to **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]** and beyond.\n\nThe roads are wide (~20 feet), grand, and humbling, clearly the work of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**. They have lasted for centuries, strangely well-preserved and free of growth.\n\n- Big slabs of tiled basalt, gently beveled, stretching to the horizon\n- Trickle of rainwater or snowmelt flowing down gutters that never clog\n- The unnerving way that dust, seeds, leaves, etc. refuse to land on the pavestones\n\nTip: speak quietly, reverently, like you were in a church or temple among the faithful.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "31-the-makers-roads--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Makers' Roads" ], "body": "- Which of you have travelled the Highway or the West Road before? When and to where?\n- The magic of the roads—the wards against violence, evil, and decay—how do they make each of you feel?\n- When was the last time that you felt small, insignificant, or just very lonely?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "31-the-makers-roads--the-magic-of-the-roads", "title": "The magic of the Roads", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Makers' Roads" ], "body": "The roads have lasted for centuries without maintenance. Predators shun them. Beings of darkness, chaos, and death are repelled, and generally cannot cross or set foot on them.\n\nWhen you *attempt to commit violence upon the road*, or to *harm the road or anything upon it*, you hesitate. If you *will yourself to continue*, lose 1d4 HP and roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, go for it; **on a 7-9**, you act but have disadvantage on any rolls to commit violence (including damage); **on a 6-**, you fail to act and mark *dazed*.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "31-the-makers-roads--the-crossroads", "title": "The Crossroads", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Makers' Roads", "The magic of the Roads" ], "body": "The West Road crosses the Highway about 15 miles from town. A copse of **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Dool trees|dool trees]]** grows nearby. Despite the wards, there's something unsettling about the Crossroads. Everyone feels it. No one likes to talk about it.\n\n- What about this place tells you that the veil between life and death is thin here?\n- Whose ghost is said to haunt the Flats near the Crossroads?\n\n**Something interesting:** One can call up the shades of the dead if they stand at the Crossroads under the new moon and call the departed's name.\n\n**Something useful:** When you *stand at the Crossroads under the new moon and call the departed by name*, roll and add…\n\n- … +1 if you are tied to them by blood;\n- … +1 if you bear a possession of theirs; and/or\n- … +1 if you offer food or drink that they loved in life.\n\n**On a 10+**, their shade appears but pick 1; **on a 7-9**, their shade appears but pick 2:\n\n- They are deranged, confused, muddled, unreasonable\n- They have no intention of returning peacefully to their rest\n- Something slips through the Last Door with them—a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|dool spirit]]**, a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|gwyllgi]]**, an unbound **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|wraith]]**, etc.\n\nFor more on **shades**, see [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Death and the Undying]].", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "31-the-makers-roads--the-broken-roads", "title": "The Broken Roads", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Makers' Roads" ], "body": "Roads once stretched from the Crossroads to the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**, and from Stonetop out into the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**, and all throughout the **[[42 - The Steplands#Spring|Steplands]]**. Terrible magic shattered the stones and scorched their runes. Most have long since been buried, but sometimes a cracked stone is unearthed by beast, rain, or quake.\n\nWhen you *strike an entity of darkness, chaos, or death with a shattered road-stone* (*hand*, *thrown*, *crude*), it takes 1d8 damage (ignores armor) but the stone then crumbles to dust.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "31-the-makers-roads--waysides", "title": "Waysides", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Makers' Roads" ], "body": "Every 25 miles or so, the roads expand to a broad circle, wide enough for travelers to camp without leaving the warded stones. Each wayside includes a well, a firepit, an obelisk marked with a single rune, and maybe more. Many feature a shrine to **[[03 - Aratis, the Lawkeeper#Aratis, the Lawkeeper|Aratis]]**.\n\n- What, by tradition, do travelers leave behind each time they stop at a wayside?\n- What distinguishes this wayside from the others?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "31-the-makers-roads--fellow-travelers", "title": "Fellow travelers", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Makers' Roads" ], "body": "**1d6** traveler\n\nChoose or have someone roll the Die of Fate.\n\n| 1 | Some kook or shady character(s), |\n|---|---------------------------------------|\n| | looking for ruins or tombs to plunder |\n| 2 | 1d12 immigrants, likely en route to |\n| | Gordin's Delve |\n| 3 | Someone seeking help/escaping |\n| | trouble/in pursuit of |\n| 4 | One or more Hillfolk [[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk\\|Hillfolk]] |\n| | |\n\nFor disposition, choose or have someone roll:\n\n5-6 A merchant and crew, quite likely someone the PCs know\n\n| 1d6 | disposition |\n|-----|-------------------------------|\n| 1 | As hostile as the Roads allow |\n| 2 | In dire need of assistance |\n| 3-4 | Tight-lipped / unfriendly |\n| 5 | Friendly enough |\n| 6 | Bearing useful news or |\n| | opportunities |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "31-the-makers-roads--the-nosgalau", "title": "The nosgalau", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Makers' Roads" ], "body": "Veteran travelers warn of the nosgalau, the night lights that lure travelers from the roads. They don't always appear, and even when they do, not everyone hears their call.\n\n- Which of you have seen the nosgalau on a prior journey?\n- Who were you with? Which of you was lured off the road?\n- What do you think the nosgalau really are? Why do you think that?\n\nWhen you *hear the call of the nosgalau*, say whose voice you hear on the wind and why you feel compelled to join them. Then, roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, say how you see through the deception, and you'll never hear their call again; **on a 7-9**, either mark XP and follow the call, or tell us how you detect the lie this one time; **on a 6-**, you heed the call and go to the nosgalau, unless your allies restrain you.\n\nWhat befalls their victims is for you to decide, but it isn't good. Perhaps they…\n\n- … fall prey to some mundane danger, like a mire or **[[14 - The Flats#**Hlomren**|pack drake]]**;\n- … vanish in the night (the grass twisted in strange patterns), only to reappear elsewhere, muddy and haunted-eyed, with patchy memories; or\n- … find themselves surrounded by faces from their past, concealing the nosgalau's true forms (all wisps and teeth, hatred and hunger).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "31-the-makers-roads--runic-calligraphy", "title": "Runic calligraphy", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Makers' Roads" ], "body": "Should one overcome the magic of the roads and pry up a pavestone, they would find the bottom laced with impossibly intricate, dizzying runes. They impart the magic of the roads, but they are indecipherable unless one already knows the proper magic.\n\nTo unlock the mysteries of this runic calligraphy, you must:\n\n- Master each of these minor arcana:\n- **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Peacebond|Peacebond]]**\n- **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A timeless vault|Preserving Runes]]**\n- **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A crumbling arch|Sanctifying Mark]]** Acquire an intact pavestone\n- Spend 1 season and 1d4 handfuls of silver attempting to replicate the runes.\n\nHenceforth, when you make magic marks or runes, you can imbue multiple magical effects that you know. Such combined runes take no longer to craft than the most complex of the individual spells. Beyond that, work out the details with the GM.\n\n- . steading improvement .\n- **ROADBUILDING**\n\nRequires all of the following:\n\n- Unlock the secrets of **runic calligraphy**\n- Teach the runes to at least 2 full-time artisans of quick mind and steady hand\n- Secure a nigh-unlimited source of basalt blocks\n- Recruit a foreman of considerable skill, who has studied construction of the Roads\n- Recruit and maintain a crew of ~50 skilled laborers and masons\n\nWhen you *mark all the requirements*, you can expand or repair the Makers' Roads. Every ~25 miles of road requires **Pulling Together**, one season of labor, 2 Surplus to feed the laborers, and a purse of silvers for payment and supplies.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge", "title": "Marshedge", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**Size** *town* (~800 to 900 souls)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge-2", "title": "Population +0", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- **Prosperity** +2 Trade with...\n - ... Lygos (fine goods, spices, etc.)\n - ... Manmarch (timber, salt, amber)\n - ... Gordin's Delve (metal, tools)\n - ... Stonetop (whisky, fur)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--resources", "title": "Resources", "level": 3, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "- Farming (wheat, hemp, wild rice, herbs)\n- Trades (textiles, pottery, glass, rope, medicine)\n- Forage (herbs, peat, clay)\n- Marketplace\n- Windmill", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--defenses-1", "title": "Defenses +1", "level": 4, "path": [ "Population +0", "Resources" ], "body": "- **[[32 - Marshedge#**Dangers**|The Guard]]**\n- Wooden palisade\n- Bendis root braziers\n\nThe town of Marshedge lies along the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Highway]]**, on a rise overlooking **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier's Fen]]**. Many consider Marshedgers insane to live so close to such a dangerous place, but long ago, some of them learned the ways of the Fen and of bendis root, the burning of which keeps unclean things at bay.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge-3", "title": "Questions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Which of the Old Families (Ferrier, Hawtrey, Tricklebank, Eldershaw) have you dealt with most? How so?\n- What trouble did Brennan's Claws cause you, back in their bandit days?\n- Do they worship \\_\\_\\_\\_ here? How?\n- Who do you look forward to seeing?\n- Who are you hoping to avoid?\n- What's the oddest rumor you've heard about the fen-walkers?\n- As you enter, what's the most striking difference between here and Stonetop?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--places", "title": "Places", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "- **The Hill**, around which the town huddles, looming over Ferrier's Fen. Riddled with **Maker**-ruins [[30 - The Makers|The Makers]].\n- **The Palisade** surrounds the town, with braziers of bendis root burning day and night. Four members of **[[32 - Marshedge#**Names**|the Guard]]** walk the ramparts.\n- **The Sruth**, a wide, shallow river that drains lazily past Marshedge and into the Fen. Lined with reeds and willows, the bed made of loose, sucking mud.\n- **The Bridge**, a wooden span across the Sruth where a stretch of road once lay, just wide enough for a wagon. A pair of Guards collect tolls at the gate house.\n- **Low Town**, hovels of the working folk, all around the Hill and Edgemarket. Wattle and daub construction, cramped gardens, dirty kids, lots of livestock. Guards don't patrol here.\n- **Edgemarket**, on a **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#**The Crossroads**|wayside]]** near the middle of town, crowded with tents, wagons, merchants, and visitors. Surrounded by shops, a pair of pubs, and a few traveler-houses. Patrolled by a pair of Guards.\n\n- **The Mire**, a muddy slum north of the main palisade, poking into the Fen. Wood walkways stretch between bogs of rice and herbs. Two gates link it to Low Town, each manned by a Guard.\n- **Dropoff**, middle-class homes and shops all around the slope of the Hill. A pair of Guards are always on patrol.\n- **High Town**, a neighborhood of stone buildings with slate roofs atop the Hill. Where the **[[32 - Marshedge#**Names**|Old Families]]** live. Ringed by a second palisade, with a pair of Guards always watching the gate.\n- **The Garrison**, the Guard's headquarters, just outside High Town. A dozen or so Guards are stationed here at any time, off-duty but on-call.\n- **Eastgate**, where the Highway passes through the palisade and farmers come and go to the fields. A pair of Guards collect tolls from visitors.\n- **Miller's Hill**, a Maker-ruin just east of town, repurposed into a windmill. Everyone mumbles about how the place is haunted. It is.\n- **The Fields**, stretching away to the east and south, owned by the Old Families. Some outbuildings, plenty of livestock, but few inhabitants.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--ruins-of-the-past", "title": "Ruins of the past", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "This was clearly a place of importance in the time of the Makers. Their ruins dot the Hill and extend deep below. Some of these tunnels are used as storehouses or mausoleums. Others are unexplored.\n\nWhat was this place, originally? That's for you to decide, but perhaps it was…\n\n- … a **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lord]]** outpost, standing watch over Ferrier's Fen;\n- … the edge of a **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lord]]** city, all that's left after the Stone Lords sank much of their lands;\n- … a center of trade between Green Lords and Stone Lords, abandoned when war broke out between them;\n- … a Stone Lord manor, reclaimed by the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\nWhatever you decide, consider writing it up as a site, with dangers and discoveries that might now be in the hands of the Old Families, the Guilds, and/or Brennan.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Irish-inspired: Abben, Ailen, Brin, Brogan, Catlin, Coln, Daedre, Dermos, Ennin, Finnen, Gilor, Isbeal, Kiran, Lile, Lim, Mathuin, Mirne, Noren, Owan, Ragan, Renan, Seadha, Seann, Tierney, Ulliam\n\nMarshedge and Stonetop share a language but the dialects are quite distinct, implying some common but distant ancestry.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--people", "title": "People", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "**Brennan**, onetime bandit leader of the Claws, now the town's marshal. The Council thought it'd be cheaper and easier to pay him to guard the town than to hunt him down and defeat him.\n\n**The Guard**, the town's well-drilled standing watch. Tensions exist between the ex-Claws, old-timer loyalists, and the new recruits. (~40 guards total)\n\n**The Old Families** dwell in the stone manor houses of High Town and have a piece of every pie. (~30 family members and another ~40 servants)\n\n- The Ferriers have lost much clout in recent years. Their matriarch, Ianthe, is ailing but still sharp (**Instinct** to maintain her family's dignity).\n- The Hawtrey patriarch, Muiris, is one of Brennan's main allies (**Instinct** to put his family's fortunes above all else).\n- The Tricklebanks resent the Ferrier's prestige. Led by cagey old Caineach (**Instinct** to sieze any opportunity).\n- The Eldershaws have a reputation for being tough yet honorable, but an untimely death has left young Ailbe in charge (**Instinct** to put off decisions).\n\n**The Guilds**, comprised of weavers, potters, glassblowers, and herbalists. They generate much of the town's wealth, and chafe at the Old Families' power. (~125 artisans, assistants, and families)\n\n**The lesser trades**—smiths, bakers, carpenters, thatchers, the miller, and others who keep the town running. (~40 artisans, assistants, and families)\n\n**[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Exploring the Fen**|Fen-walkers]]** ply the wetlands, gathering herbs, hunting game, cutting peat and clay, and keeping tabs on the **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**The Gliomor**|suarachan]]**. They recruit from orphans and those with no prospects. Some have (and hide) weird mutations. (~20 souls)\n\n**The Council**, Marshedge's governing body. Includes the head of each Old Family, the master of each Guild, the eldest of the fen-walkers, and Brennan (who has no vote, but pushes them around).\n\n**Merchants** are key to the town's prosperity. Mostly local, but a few have settled here from afar. (~40 souls)\n\n**Beggars & thieves** gather in Edgemarket, along the Highway, and in Dropoff, seeking sympathy or easy marks. (~20-40 souls, varies by day)\n\n**Farmers & laborers** make up the rest of town. Mostly tenant farmers, put-upon homemakers, and muscle for hire hoping to earn rent. (~500 souls)\n\n**Travelers** come to trade at Edge market, to consult with herbalists, or to seek (or spend) their fortunes. They stay with local contacts, in their own wagons, or at one of a few traveler-houses. (~25-100 souls, depending on the season)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--secrets", "title": "Secrets", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "- The town charter gives fen-walkers the right to demand aid from any resident, and the responsibility to execute those found to be \"corrupted by vile spirits, or congressing with such.\"\n- Every seven years, one of the Old Families delivers one of their children to the **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Mind your manners|Willow Witches]]**. A fen-walker leaves the child at one of the grand willow trees, never looking back. Rarely, such a child returns, years later, and greatly changed.\n- The miller's wife is a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|necromancer]]**, with a number of ghosts bound in the basement. Brennan knows her secret and has taken to\n\nin Marshedge; there's a guild to join, rules to follow, and fees to pay. Surely Brennan and the Guard are compensated for", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "- A daughter of the Old Families tries to save her son from the Willow Witches.\n- A fen-walker discovers a ruin, home to a fell beast but also great treasure.\n- Idealists attempt to organize and get recognition for a Farmers Guild.\n- A High Town merchant has what the PCs seek; but seeks exclusive rights to trading Stonetop whisky in exchange.\n- A spurned Guild apprentice is sending dark spirits against their old master\n- A well-regarded loyalist of the old Guard has gone missing. His granddaughter asks the PCs for help.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--trade-barter", "title": "Trade & Barter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--commonly-available", "title": "Commonly available", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "The following are special items in Stonetop, but commonly available in MarshedgePCs can acquire them here without having to roll. They do need to trade something of equal Value. Stonetop trade goods (whisky and furs) are always in demand.\n\n| goods | value |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|\n| Candle (lasts ~1 hour , close ) | 0 |\n| Lantern ( hours , reach, area) | 0 |\n| Glass vial | 0 |\n| Common trade tools (for pottery, weaving, etc.; immobile ) | 1 |\n| Wax tablet and stylus | 0 |\n| Parchment, a few sheets | 1 |\n| Ink, vial and quills | 1 |\n| Bendis root (burnt fumes repel perversions of nature; lasts ~1 hour , reach, area ) | 0* |\n| Pouch full of bendis root (~10 uses) | 1* |\n| Salt or seasonings (a pouch full) | 1 |\n| Exotic spices (a little box) | 1 |\n| Bolt of hempen fabric | 1 |\n| Finery, like a silk scarf, a silver comb, embroidered shirt, nice dress, etc. | 1 |\n| Cloak, finely embroidered ( warm ) | 1 |\n| Spare parts for a wagon/cart (axles, wheels, etc.; uses, immobile ) | 2 |\n| *+1 Value if sold outside of Marshedge coin | value |\n| Purse of coppers (~10 handfuls) | 0 |\n| Handful of silvers | 1 |\n| Purse of silvers (~10 handfuls) | 2 |\n| food & lodging | value |\n| Hospitality, of a friend or contact | 0 |\n| Food &drink,for a small party | 0 |\n| Lodgings, decent (for a small party up to a week, board included) | 1 |\n| Night of fine living, for one | 1 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--special-items", "title": "Special items", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "The following might be acquired in Marshedge, in addition to special items from the Moves & Gear handout. PCs must roll Trade & Barter to acquire them.\n\nWhen PCs Trade & Barter in Marshedge , they use the local Prosperity (+2 by default), with advantage because it's a town . On a 6-, they don't mark XP but they'll need to Ask Around if they want to sell/acquire it.\n\n| goods | value |\n|---|---|\n| Medicines, potent ( uses) | 1 |\n| Useful flora [[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora\\|Useful or valuable flora]], 1d4 uses | 1 or 2 |\n| Lens, like for a magnifying glass | 1 |\n| Spectacles, custom made | 2 |\n| Luxurious clothing, silk embroidery, fine lace, drakeskin boots, etc. | 2 |\n| Bolt of silk (or other exotic fabric) | 3 |\n| Regalia ( warm , clumsy ) an outfit of ostentatious clothing; ignore clumsy if you're used to it | 3 |\n\n| property | value |\n|---|---|\n| Cottage or hovel, to call your own | 2 |\n| House or shop, a modest place | 3 |\n| Business, small but established, like an inn, a pub, or a smithy | 4 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--trade-opportunities", "title": ". trade opportunities .", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "If the PCs get a trade opportunity (from the Seasons Change move), Marshedge might offer the following:\n\n- A good exchange rate, two or even three Value 2 items for 1 Surplus\n- A wagon, mule, or horse, for 1 Surplus and help with a problem\n- A tradesperson (healer, herbalist, potter, glassblower, etc) willing to move to Stonetop for a price\n- An arcanum of the Stone Lords [[43 - Stone Lords|Stone Lords]], Green Lords [[24 - Green Lords#Names|Names]], or Fae [[12 - Fae|Fae]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--moves", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--ask-around", "title": "ASK AROUND", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "When you *spend a purse of coppers and a few hours asking around town*, say what you hope to learn and roll +CHA: **on a 10+**, you get a clear and useful answer; **on a 7-9**, you get an answer but pick 1:\n\n- It's incomplete, contradictory, or unclear, ask the GM how you could learn more\n- It'll cost you another purse of coppers\n- You've drawn unwanted attention or gotten yourself embroiled in a situation of the GM's choosing", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--carouse", "title": "CAROUSE", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "When you *spend a handful of silvers having a good time*, roll +CHA: **on a 10+**, pick 2; **on a 7-9**, pick 1:\n\n- You spread a rumor or tale far and wide\n- You make a loyal new friend\n- You learn something useful or juicy You avoid getting swindled, tricked, or entangled in someone else's trouble", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--recruit", "title": "RECRUIT", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "When you *put out word that you're hiring*, say who you're looking for, what the job is, and what you're offering (the GM will veto if unreasonable). Then roll and add…\n\n- … +1 if your offer is generous;\n- … +1 if the work conditions are favorable; and\n- … +1 if your reputation around here is solid.\n\n**On a 10+**, you find someone but pick 1; **on a 7-9**, you find someone but pick 2.\n\n- They lack some of the skills you wanted\n- They're entangled, impaired, or annoying\n- You draw unwanted attention\n- They have debts or obligations that you need to clear up first\n\n| services | value |\n|------------------------------------------|-------|\n| A guide around town, for the day | 0 |\n| Someone to watch things, for a day | 0 |\n| A laborer's help, for a day | 0 |\n| A crew of laborers, for a week | 1 |\n| A bodyguard/muscle, for a few days | 1 |\n| A consultation with a skilled healer | 1 |\n| An engineer/foreman, for a big project | 2 |\n| A skilled healer's care, for a few weeks | 2 |\n| A fen-walker [[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Exploring the Fen**\\|Ferrier's Fen]] to guide you | |\n| to a known, nearby spot | 1 |\n| to a dangerous/unknown spot | 2 |\n| to a place of almost certain death | 3 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge-4", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge-5", "title": "Folks from elsewhere", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|North Manmarch]]**\n- **[[40 - South Manmarch#South Manmarch|South Manmarch]]**\n- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**\n- **Lygos** or other points south [[29 - Lygos and the South|Lygos and the South]]\n- **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#The village of Stonetop|Stonetop]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--things-from-the-fen", "title": "Things from the fen", "level": 2, "path": [ "Folks from elsewhere" ], "body": "- **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Dangers**|Disease]]**\n- **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Fen blight**|Fen blight]]**\n- **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Fen blight**|Fen-trolls]]**\n- **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**The Gliomor**|Suarachan]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--brennan", "title": "Brennan", "level": 4, "path": [ "Folks from elsewhere", "Things from the fen" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *organized*, *hoarder*, *cautious*, *devious*\n\n**HP** 12; **Armor** 3 (brigandine, shield) **Damage** steel sword d8+1 (*close,* 3 piercing)\n\n- **Instinct** to maintain or increase his power ä Identify and exploit a weakness\n- ä Choose the best person for the job\n- ä Hide his true strength or position\n- ä Out-think and out-maneuver", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--the-guard", "title": "The Guard", "level": 4, "path": [ "Folks from elsewhere", "Things from the fen" ], "body": "*Group*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 2 (iron scales)\n\n**Damage** steel-tipped spear d8 (*close*, *thrown*, 2 piercing)\n\n**Ex-Claw instinct** to lord over others.\n\n- ä Bully, threaten, intimidate\n- ä Cover each other's backs\n- ä Demand a bribe or accommodation\n\n**Loyalist instinct** to protect the town, no matter what.\n\n- ä Give fair warning before using force\n- ä Stand firm in the face of danger\n\n**New recruit instinct** to avoid danger or punishment.\n\n- ä Shout a warning/order\n- ä Hesitate\n- ä Look the other way", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--fire", "title": "Fire", "level": 2, "path": [ "Folks from elsewhere" ], "body": "Much of Dropoff is susceptible to fire, and Low Town is basically a tinderbox. A building catches fire? Hoo boy.\n\n**Instinct** to consume and spread.\n\n- ä Push them back with a wave of heat (d4 damage)\n- ä Fill the area with choking smoke (debilities)\n- ä Collapse a burning structure (d8 damage, ignores armor, *forceful*)\n- ä Engulf someone or thing in flames (d10 damage, ignores armor, *messy*)\n\nWhen *a building catches fire and it's not quickly contained*, start the following:\n\nl The building is engulfed; cries of alarm l A nearby building or two also catch; the original building starts to collapse l Many buildings are ablaze; folks panic l Fire spreads in multiple directions; palisade catches fire; bedlam l **Impending doom:** Fire burns itself out,\n\n scores dead, homes and shops ruined, large parts of the palisade destroyed", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "32-marshedge--thieves", "title": "Thieves", "level": 4, "path": [ "Folks from elsewhere", "Fire" ], "body": "*Group*, *devious*, *stealthy*, *cautious*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** knife d6 (hand, disadvantage) **Instinct** to get theirs and get gone.\n\n- ä Grab something, slip away unnoticed\n- ä Vanish into a crowd or an alley\n- ä Spot an easy mark\n- ä Wriggle free\n\nWhen you *go unwary into the bustle of Edgemarket or the crowded streets of Dropoff*, roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, you spot the pickpocket coming or catch them in the act; **on a 7-9**, they make off with only trifles (1d4 uses of Supplies, a purse of coppers, a skin of whisky, etc.); **on a 6-**, whatever they got, you're going to miss it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "33-the-maw", "title": "The Maw", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "There's a cave in the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**, a few hours north of Stonetop. No underbrush grows within 30 feet of it, and bones litter the entrance. Trappers and hunters avoid it, and claim to have heard strange noises coming from its direction especially at night.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "33-the-maw--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Maw" ], "body": "- An unnatural quiet, the forest holding its breath\n- A blighted patch, spreading out from the cave, where only grey lichen grows\n- Bones strewn about, broken & chewed\n- The black void of the cave mouth\n- Those strange noises from within\n\nTip: speak softly, hold very still. Pause a little longer between words, sentences.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "33-the-maw--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Maw" ], "body": "- Who among you have been here before? What brought you?\n- What do the noises from the Maw (supposedly) sound like?\n- What do you think is in there? Why?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "33-the-maw--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Maw" ], "body": "- A beloved animal goes missing; someone saw it near the Maw.\n- A hunter reports strange figures (or tracks) coming and going.\n- A sickness afflicts the town; the treatment is an herb that grows near the Maw, but that must be harvested under moonlight.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "33-the-maw--what-could-be-in-there", "title": "What could be in there?", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Maw", "Hooks" ], "body": "That's for you to decide, but perhaps it's...\n\n- … a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Instinct** to lure prey|hagr]]**, afflicted with some withering curse;\n- … a brutal, gluttonous **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, and an entrance to its **[[12 - Fae#**Getting there**|domain]]**;\n- … an idol or emanation of the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**;\n- … a passage to one of the **Fomoraij**'s [[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Names]] twisted realms;\n- … a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|specter]]** or a pack of **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|wraiths]]**, terrible and ancient and only partly bound; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch", "title": "North Manmarch", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The North Manmarch lies east of the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**, north of the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Highway]]** and northeast of **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**. Its western edge is made up of rolling hills, giving way to a wide, sparsely-wooded prairie that slopes gently towards the east. Many springs bubble up from the hills and flow eastward in tiny streams that feed the **[[11 - The Dread River#The Dread River|Dread River]]**.\n\nThe region is heavily populated and small, well-armed hamlets dot the hills and plains.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "North Manmarch" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--always", "title": "Always", "level": 3, "path": [ "North Manmarch", "Impressions" ], "body": "- A wide-open sky, a sense that you can see forever\n- Wagon-rut trails and well-worn foot paths stretching on and on\n- Longhouses with steep, thatched roofs\n- Smell of woodsmoke, dung, wet fur\n- Huge rams pulling plows, wagons\n- Scarred faces, hard glares, weapons at hand even while working fields", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--spring", "title": "Spring", "level": 3, "path": [ "North Manmarch", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Pale wildflowers bobbing in the wind\n- Damp smell of mud or fresh-tilled earth", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--summer", "title": "Summer", "level": 4, "path": [ "North Manmarch", "Impressions", "Spring" ], "body": "- Baled hay, laid out to bake\n- Sun beating down on you, sweaty clothes sticking to you", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--autumn", "title": "Autumn", "level": 4, "path": [ "North Manmarch", "Impressions", "Spring" ], "body": "- Crop fields, neatly clipped after harvest\n- A startled deer, bounding away", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 4, "path": [ "North Manmarch", "Impressions", "Spring" ], "body": "- Tracks in the snow: paw prints, hoof prints, foot prints, sled trails, etc.\n- Twinkling stars on a cold night, sure sign of a coming storm", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch-2", "title": "The Manmarchers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Thousands of people dwell here, spread out over hundreds of hamlets. Those hamlets cluster around a half-dozen larger, fortified settlements. These hillforts are home to chiefs who (ostensibly) protect the surrounding hamlets.\n\nManmarchers say \"east of the river\" the way others say \"once upon a time.\" They migrated from across the **[[11 - The Dread River#The Dread River|Dread River]]** long ago, before the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]** called up the**[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** and made the waters unsafe.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch-3", "title": "Names", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Germanic-inspired: Alfher, Bathhilde, Berkhard, Bertrim, Clothar, Dagmar, Elfrida, Ganter, Gerhild, Hartig, Hilde, Hiltrude, Hramn, Ludig, Luise, Meike, Modd, Sabrinne, Swanhilde, Ulrike, Urrsla, Weillem, Wiland, Wulfrim", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "Everyone has heard of the Manmarchers' warlike ways. They fight mostly among themselves, the violence fueled by bloodfeuds, treachery, and ambition. The area might see a decade or two of peace, but only after war leaves the best part of a generation dead or maimed.\n\n**Something interesting:** When one Manmarcher kills or harms another in times of peace, the victim's family is owed a wergild—coin, livestock, or other wealth. The victim's chief sets the wergild (usually Value 2, or Value 3 for a person of import). Failure by the accused or their kin to pay is grounds for blood-feud.\n\n**Something useful:** Scheming chiefs will justify violence by setting an unreasonable or highly specific wergild. Should the wergild be paid, though, the feud must be called off. A paid wergild is sacrosanct—a chief who ignores it invites a curse upon their people.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "- How is the Manmarcher language different from that of Stonetop?\n- When did the last round of fighting start among the Manmarchers? Has it ended yet?\n- Who all did you lose to the violence? Which clan/family/chief is to blame?\n- Which hamlet or hillfort do you hail from? What was it notable for?\n- Do they worship \\_\\_\\_ there? How does it differ from what's done in Stonetop?\n- The Manmarchers fell trees from the Great Wood—did they break or just never have a compact with the Forest Folk?\n- How do Manmarchers treat Green Lord ruins and artifacts? Do they shun them? Treasure them?\n- What is this clan best known for? How can you tell them from other clans?\n- What tells you that this land has been shaped by human activity, even though there's not a settlement in sight?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "- Manmarchers waylay a merchant south of the Highway, stealing something important/dangerous/valuable.\n- News arrives that the kin of a Manmarcher PC (or important NPC) were butchered in the latest round of fighting.\n- People are vanishing from some of the western hamlets, and the local chief seems powerless to stop it.\n- Manmarcher refugees arrive in Stonetop, promising buried treasure to whomever avenges them.\n- An ambitious chief has conquered three of the hillforts, and is preparing to move on a fourth. If they succeed, they will likely unite the Manmarchers, and then what?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "- 1 Spring/pond/creek/stream\n- 2 Ditch/wash/gully/ravine\n- 3 Copse/thicket/grove of trees\n- 4 Steep slope/rocky outcrop/large hill\n- 5 Gentle slope/low ridge/small hill\n- 6-7 Open meadow, grass waist-high or shorter\n- 8 Footpath/wagon ruts/trail\n- 9-10 Farmland/pasture\n- 11 Fence/low wall/embankment\n- 12 Hamlet/hillfort/isolated longhouse", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "For any one of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "- 1 Change of terrain (previous column) and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 signs of violence (see below)\n- 4 Beasts: maybe game (deer, turkey, pheasant, etc.) or a grazing herd watched by a youth and some dogs\n- 5 Farmers: working the land, hunting, or heading somewhere\n- 6 Warriors: not hostile, certainly wary", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--1d6-signs-of-violence", "title": "1d6 signs of violence", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "- 1 A ghost [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Death and the Undying]] lingering near its murder, more confused than dangerous\n- 2 A burnt hamlet, thoroughly looted, its inhabitants slaughtered\n- 3 Dead bodies: burnt on a pyre, heads on spikes, swinging from trees, or left to rot\n- 4 Survivors of a raid, some injured, likely desperate\n- 5 Sounds of a fight, or calls for help\n- 6 The dead from a recent skirmish, un-looted except by scavengers", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--hamlet", "title": "Hamlet", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "Here's a typical settlement:\n\n**Size** *hamlet* (~25 to 75 souls)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch-4", "title": "Population +0", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**Prosperity** -1 Trade with other hamlets", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--resources-pick-2-3", "title": "Resources (pick 2-3)", "level": 4, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "- Livestock (pigs, goats, sheep, meat, milk, wool)\n- Farming (wheat, barley, oats, honey, mead)\n- Timber\n- Trapping (fur, meat)\n- Mining (amber, salt, and/or iron)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--defenses-1", "title": "Defenses +1", "level": 3, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "- Warrior culture\n- Iron weapons, wooden shields\n- Protection from the local chief\n\nHamlets consist of a longhouse for each family and their livestock, plus smaller outbuildings (sheds, cellars, etc.), clustered together. Inhabitants work the surrounding 1-2 miles of land. Each hamlet bears the name of its most notable resident, possibly truncated, followed by \"-hall\" (Dagmarhall, Swanhall, etc.).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--hillfort", "title": "Hillfort", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "There are about a half-dozen larger, fortified settlements spread across the North Manmarch, each 20-30 miles apart. Most are in the western hills, but a couple sit on the plains to the east, at the western edge of the woodlands that overlook the Dread River.\n\nHillfort names might include: Wulfberg, Rabenberg, Eikelberg, Hokberg, Tiefberg, Baerinberg, Schutberg, etc.\n\n**Size** *village* (~150 to 350 souls)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--population-1", "title": "Population -1", "level": 4, "path": [ "Population +0", "Hillfort" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--prosperity-0", "title": "Prosperity +0", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "- Trade with other hillforts\n- Trade with Marshedge and/or Lygos (textile, spices, glass, herbs, finery)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--resources-pick-2-3-2", "title": "Resources (pick 2-3)", "level": 4, "path": [ "Population +0", "Prosperity +0" ], "body": "- Taxes from surrounding hamlets\n- Trades: smithing, tanning, pottery\n- Livestock (pigs, goats, sheep, meat, milk, wool)\n- Market (for surrounding hamlets)\n- Timber", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--defenses-2", "title": "Defenses +2", "level": 4, "path": [ "Population +0", "Prosperity +0" ], "body": "- A dozen or so professional warriors\n- Rotating recruits from the hamlets\n- Iron weapons, wooden shields\n- Series of earthen ramparts\n- Palisades\n\nEach hamlet is bound to one of the hillforts and its chief, through oaths or blood. The chief keeps a standing force of warriors, and is responsible for protecting their hamlets from other clans, or (when that's not possible) demanding wergild or exacting vengeance.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--trade-barter", "title": "Trade & Barter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--commonly-available", "title": "Commonly available", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "The following are special items in Stonetop, but commonly available in the North Manmarch-PCs can acquire them here without having to roll. They do need to trade something of equal Value. Stonetop whisky is usually in demand.\n\n| weapons of war | value |\n|---|---|\n| Mace or flail, iron ( close , forceful ) | 1 |\n| Battleaxe, iron ( close , messy ) | 1 |\n| Sword,iron ( close ,+1 damage) | 1 |\n| Warhammer ( close ,2 piercing) | 1 |\n\n| armor | value |\n|---|---|\n| Cuirass, boiled leather (1 armor) | 1 |\n\n| goods | value |\n|---|---|\n| Salt (a little box) | 0 |\n| Skin of mead,common | 0 |\n| Firkin of mead,common | 0 |\n| Salt (a pouch full) | 1 |\n| Bit of amber | 1 |\n| Barrel of mead,common ( immobile ) | 1 |\n| Cartload of timber | 2 |\n\n| transport | value |\n|---|---|\n| Wheelbarrow | 1 |\n| Cart or sleigh (requires donkey/ horse/mule) | 2 |\n| Wagon (requires horse/mule) | 3 |\n| Spare parts for wagon/cart/sleigh (axles, wheels, etc.; uses, immobile ) | 2 |\n\n| livestock | value |\n|---|---|\n| Goat ( sure-footed , curious , hungry ) HP 3; Damage d4 ( hand ); Instinct to explore; butcher for provisions (6 uses) | 1 |\n| Pig ( keen-nosed , stubborn , gluttonous , clever ) HP 6; Damage d4 ( hand ); Instinct to eat anything; butcher for provisions (1d6+10 uses) | 1 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--special-items", "title": "Special items", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "The following might be acquired in the North Manmarch, in addition to special items from the Moves & Gear handout. PCs must roll Trade & Barter to acquire them.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--when-pcs-trade-barter-in-the-north", "title": "When PCs Trade & Barter in the North", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "Manmarch , they use the local Prosperity (-1 and disadvantage for a hamlet , +0 in a hillfort, by default). On a 6, they don't mark XP, and if they want to sell/acquire it, they'll need to talk to the local chief.\n\n| goods | value |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|\n| Skin of mead, fine ( uses, share 1 use with someone to gain advantage to Persuade) | 0 |\n| Firkin of mead, fine | 1 |\n| Barrel of mead, fine ( immobile ) | 2 |\n| Piece of amber, beautifully worked | 1 |\n| Bit of silver and amber jewelry | 2 |\n| Large chunk of amber | 2 |\n| Chariot (requires horse/tonnerhorn) | 2 |\n| livestock | value |\n| Tonnerhorn ( hardy , woolly , powerful ) HP 7; Damage d6+2 ( hand , forceful ); Instinct to protect its herd; can pull | 2 |\n\nloads like a small horse", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--services-and-favors", "title": "Services and favors", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "The PCs don't need to roll Trade & Barter for the following, but they might need to Persuade the locals—even if they offer something of equal value. A likely way to convince them is to bribe the local elder, or get permission/backing from the local chief.\n\nA hamlet that's well-disposed to the PCs might grant these favors for free, or without needing to be Persuaded, or at a reduced price.\n\n| service | value |\n|-------------------------------------------|-------|\n| A night's food and shelter | 0 |\n| A guide to the next hamlet | 0 |\n| A laborer's help for a day | 0 |\n| A crew of laborers, for a week | 1 |\n| An armed escort for a couple days | 1 |\n| A warrior to join you on a nice | 1 |\n| simple raid | |\n| A small crew, for a week or two of action | 2 |\n| Someone to hide you from vengeance | 2 |\n| for a few days | |\n| A crew of toughs for a season of action | 3 |\n| A fitting gift for a well-off chief | 3 |\n| A compelling bribe for a well-off chief | 4 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--trade-opportunities", "title": ". trade opportunities .", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "If the PCs get a trade opportunity (from the Seasons Change move), the Manmarchers might offer the following:\n\n- A good exchange rate, two or even three Value 2 items for 1 Surplus\n- A pouch full of amber (Value 3) in exchange for help getting vengeance against a rival clan or chief\n - A small herd of 6-12 tonnerhorn (Value 3 total), for 1 Surplus and help with a problem\n- An arcanum of the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]**, **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**), or **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "- Nasty turn in the weather: lashing wind, bitter cold, blistering heat, sleet/ hail/rain/snow; lightning\n- Flash flooding in valleys/on slopes\n- **[[14 - The Flats#**Dangers**|Prairie fire]]** on the plains\n- **Mudslides** and **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|rockslides]]** on the hills\n- **[[32 - Marshedge#Dangers|Fire]]** in a hamlet or hillfort", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "- Predators: **[[14 - The Flats#**Hlomren**|pack drakes]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cougar]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Feathered drake**|feathered drakes]]**, or **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wolves]]**, maybe even a **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|kleztigr]]**\n- Big ornery beasts: **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Dangers**|boar]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bears]]**, or **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|thunder drakes]]**\n- **Chimerae** of the Green Lords [[24 - Green Lords#**Dangers**|Green Lords]]), unearthed by recent logging or mining\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]**, lurking near old battlefields or places of bloody, one-sided slaughter", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--chief", "title": "Chief", "level": 4, "path": [ "Population +0", "Monsters" ], "body": "Chiefs are the closest things the north has to rulers. The position might pass down to children, or be voted on by the hamlets, or picked from the chosen shields, or taken by cunning or force. Some chiefs are foolish or weak, but they do not last long.\n\nFor any given chief, pick or roll 2-4 strengths and 1-3 flaws.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--1d12-strength", "title": "1d12 strength", "level": 3, "path": [ "Population +0", "Monsters" ], "body": "- 1 The backing of another chief\n- 2 A black, fearsome reputation\n- 3 A bloodline full of heroes\n- 4 Coffers dripping with silver and amber\n- 5 The courage to try new things\n- 6 Deep, deep cunning\n- 7 Many bloodthirsty warriors\n- 8 A pet sorcerer/spirit, or a powerful artifact\n- 9 A silver tongue, or regal presence, or both\n- 10 Strength-at-arms worthy of the songs\n- 11 An utter lack of scruples\n- 12 The well-earned loyalty of", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--1d12-flaw", "title": "1d12 flaw", "level": 3, "path": [ "Population +0", "Monsters" ], "body": "- 1 Debts owed\n- 2 Difficult/bickering/ambitious underlings\n- 3 A reputation for faithlessness\n- 4 Few warriors who will answer their call\n- 5 Frailty, from age/sickness/corruption\n- 6 Many who curse their name\n- 7 The need to prove themselves\n- 8 Overconfidence; a belief in their own songs\n- 9 A rigid sense of honor\n- 10 Seething, venomous ambition\n- 11 A temper to rival Tor's\n- 12 Utter lack of a warrior's skills", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--chosen-shield", "title": "Chosen shield", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "*Group*, *organized*, *brave*, *vicious*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 3 (iron hauberk, shield) **Damage** iron battleaxe d8 (*close*, *messy*, 1 piercing), spear d8 (*close*, *thrown*, 1 piercing), knife d6 (*hand*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Instinct** to suffer no insult or disrespect\n\n- ä Lash out with sudden, casual violence\n- ä Fight with grim purpose or reckless abandon\n- ä Pry apart an enemy's defenses\n\nThe chosen shields are a chief 's best: the most loyal, the bravest, the bloodiest. They're professional fighters, their chief 's bodyguards, enforcers, and lieutenants. They sit closest to the chief by the fire, and share the best haunches of meat.\n\nThey take a share, too, of their chief 's loot and their chief 's glory. The wise chief lets them have it, for a chief is nothing without their chosen shields. And when a chief is toppled, it's usually one of their chosen shields that does the toppling.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--manmarcher-recruit", "title": "Manmarcher recruit", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "*Horde*, *young*\n\n**HP** 3; **Armor** 2 (thick hides, shield) **Damage** iron battleaxe d6 (*close*, *messy*), knife d6 (*hand*), or javelins d6 (*thrown*) **Instinct** to prove themselves, one way or\n\nthe other\n\n- ä Boast and brag\n- ä Form a ragged shield wall\n- ä Hesitate ä Act rashly\n\nEvery able-bodied youth does their turn at their chief 's hillfort. They spend a year or two drilling, marching, learning the spear, and standing in the shield wall. They sing songs, and talk big, and maybe even get their hands red. A few are picked for their chief 's standing force, but most head home to their hamlets, prepared to defend their families and swell their chief 's ranks when called. That's the idea, at least.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--manmarcher-veteran", "title": "Manmarcher veteran", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "*Horde*, *organized*, *cautious*\n\n**HP** 3; **Armor** 2 (thick hides, shield) **Damage** iron battleaxe d6 (*close*, *messy*),\n\nknife d6 (*hand*), or javelins d6 (*thrown*) **Instinct** to protect their homes, their kin, their honor\n\n- ä Form/hold a shield wall\n- ä Pick their battles\n- ä Charge!\n\nNo longer young, no longer eager or scared. Just grim folk with something to fight for, something to lose. They might not be as spry as once they were, but they're no strangers to the black business.\n\n*Horde*, *hardy*, *powerful*, *grumpy*, *loyal*\n\n**HP** 7; **Armor** 0 **Damage** butt/gore d6+2 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*)\n\n- **Instinct** to protect its herd ä Relentlessly pull against a load or restraint\n- ä Grunt, huff, paw, or bellow to make its displeasure known\n- ä Smash into whatever offends it, repeatedly\n\nTonnerhorns are great big sheep, as big and strong as a donkey and twice as ornery. The ewes have good-sized horns, but the rams? The rams' horns are massive, curved, and nigh-unbreakable. Which is good—for the rams at least—because they do love to just smack-smack-smack them into things.\n\nManmarchers raise them as beasts of burden, lashing them to plows, carts, sleighs, or even chariots. They bottle-feed the lambs and as a result, tonnerhorns are fiercely loyal to those who raised them. They're all kinds of unfriendly towards anyone else.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "34-north-manmarch--war-chariot", "title": "War-chariot", "level": 2, "path": [ "Population +0" ], "body": "*Group*, *large*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 13; **Armor** 1 (wood/iron construction) **Damage** trample and wheel-scythes d8+5 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing), or iron battleaxe d8+3 (*close*, *messy*, *forceful*), or long bow d8 (*far*)\n\n**Special qualities** pulled by two tonnerhorns; carries a driver, two warriors\n\n- **Instinct** to rush inexorably forward ä Ride in broad arcs around the battle, peppering foes\n- ä Ride down foes, filling them with dread\n- ä Crash spectacularly, d8+3 damage (*area*, *forceful*)\n\nMost violence in the North Manmarch is small-scale, intimate even. A nighttime raid on a steading. An ambush in the hills. A war-band's throats slit around their campfire. When chiefs do raise large forces, and meet on the open plains, well… they bring their very best.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter", "title": "The Pale Hunter", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "On certain nights, the Pale Hunter stalks the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]** with his ghostly hounds. When he does, even the bravest hunters stay in town. The **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]** spoke of him as something like a force of nature, less a god to worship than a storm to endure.\n\nTales differ as to what happens should you cross the Hunter's path. He might ignore you, or call you to join him, or mark you as his quarry. But the tales all agree: impress him, and you'll be well rewarded. Get caught or fail to do your part—well, best not to think of it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Pale Hunter" ], "body": "- Someone's still out in the Woods, but the Pale Hunter roams tonight!\n- The Pale Hunter is said to bear an artifact the PCs want or need.\n- The PCs wish to rescue a soul that the hunter holds bound.\n- The PCs meet a traveler, secretly undead. The Hunter has his scent.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Pale Hunter" ], "body": "The Pale Hunter values worthy prey and worthy company: the fleet, the clever, the brave. But he always hunts something when he roams the Wood, even if it's beneath him. Everyone knows this.\n\n**Something interesting:** He forgoes all other prey to hunt the undead, pursuing them even outside the Great Wood and on nights he would not normally roam.\n\n**Something useful:** To set the Hunter upon an undead being, acquire an item that bears its spirit-scent. Burn it on a moonlit night, in a smokey fire of fresh-cut cedar boughs.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Pale Hunter" ], "body": "According to the tale(s) you've heard…\n\n- What is he? Spirit, ghost, or what?\n- How is he connected to the moon?\n- What exactly are his hounds?\n- What is his relationship with the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death's Door**|Lady of Crows]]**?\n- What hero won his respect, and how? What reward did they earn?\n- What grisly fate befell the hero who dared to stand against him?\n- What **[[20 - Gods and Religion#**Other gods**|observances]]** did the Forest Folk use to appease him?\n\nAnd also…\n\n- What tales do they tell of him in **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**? Or among the **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|Manmarchers]]**?\n- Who never came home, and is said to have crossed his path?\n- Who claims to have seen him? When and where? What happened? What left them (you?) so unnerved?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter-2", "title": "On certain nights...", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "When does the Pale Hunter roam? Work with the PCs to pick 1:\n\n- When the moon is high and full\n- When the moon is new, missing\n- On nights of a lunar eclipse\n- On moonlit nights in winter\n- On moonless nights in summer\n- On each season's first full moon\n- Some other nights you all agree on\n\nWhy are these nights special? Why does he stalk the Wood then?\n\nIf the PCs are in the Great Wood on such a night, choose or roll for the Pale Hunter's quarry:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--1d6-quarry", "title": "1d6 quarry", "level": 3, "path": [ "On certain nights..." ], "body": "- 1-2 Nothing… yet.\n- 3-4 Paltry prey: a fox/rabbit/boar/deer, **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|crinwin]]**, a fool who crossed his path, etc.\n- 5 Worthy prey: a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|ceirwmawr]]**), a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|raselbaedd]]**, a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|beast warden]]**, a **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]** with whom he's made a bet, etc.\n- 6 Undead prey: a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghost]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenant]]**, caught in the open, away from any **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Dool trees|dool trees]]**.\n\nWhen the time is right, **point to a looming danger** (his horn blows, his hounds bay, his prey rushes past). **Offer an opportunity** (to run, to hide, to seek him out, etc.). **Announce trouble** (mist rises, his hounds appear).\n\nIf the PCs cross the Hunter's path, what happens next depends on his current quarry, whether they hide or face him, how they comport themselves, whether there are undead among them, and the fickle whims of the dice.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "On certain nights..." ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *athletic*, *cunning*, *hoarder*, *magical*, *terrifying*, *tireless*\n\n**HP** 26; **Armor** 4 (resilience)\n\n**Damage** silver spear d12+3 w/advantage (*close*, *reach*, *thrown*, *forceful*, *messy*, 2 piercing) or silver antlers d12+5 w/advantage (*close*, *forceful*) or grapple d10+3 w/advantage (*hand*, *grabby*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** surrounded by mist; can grab/grapple undead spirits; keen senses; uncanny reflexes\n\n**Instinct** to revel in the hunt, to claim undead souls\n\n- ä Perform a feat of prowess\n- ä Disperse into mist, reform\n- ä Summon his spear to hand\n- ä Call up more hounds\n- ä Claim a dead or dying soul\n\nA looming, antlered figure, luminous white, his face in shadow. His spear is long and straight, tipped with a silver crescent. He is draped with trophies of past hunts, jangling ominously or strangely silent as suits his need.\n\n**Tip:** If you must speak, speak softly. Slowly. Just above a whisper. With frequent pauses. And a flat affect.\n\nWhen you *deal damage to the Pale Hunter that he might dodge or roll with*, roll with disadvantage.\n\nThe Pale Hunter's true nature is for you to decide, but perhaps he is…\n\n- … the **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|incarnation]]** of a primordial entity of cycles and the moon;\n- … a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**;\n- … the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghost]]** of a **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lord]]**, who hunts forever;\n- … a mighty **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**;\n- … one of the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**, exalted and accursed;\n- … some variation on the above; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\nAdjust the Hunter's stat block to reflect his nature. An incarnation of cycles and the moon might be *primordial*, with a move like \"^ä Anticipate their actions.\" A Green Lord's ghost would have the *spirit* and *undead* tags, a tether somewhere in the Wood, and 0 Armor vs. silver.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--ghostly-hounds", "title": "Ghostly hounds", "level": 2, "path": [ "On certain nights..." ], "body": "*Horde*, *spirit*, *terrifying*, *fierce*, *organized* **HP** 10; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs), harmed only by salt or as it bites\n\n**Damage** bite d6 w/advantage (*hand*, *grabby*) **Special qualities** bound to the Hunter;\n\ncan roam only ~1 mile from him\n\n**Instinct** to give chase\n\n- ä Manifest a form made of mist\n- ä Sniff out prey, or the dead\n- ä Call the pack and the Hunter\n- ä Harry, surround, drag down\n\nA score or so of these savage white dogs accompany him on any given night. But there are more. So many, many more.\n\nAre they undead souls he has claimed, vulnerable to silver? Fae hounds, hurt by iron? Manifestations of some primordial urge? That's all for you to say.\n\n**The Call of the Hunt** When *the Pale Hunter races past*, your soul thrills to the call of his horn and the baying of his hounds—mark XP if you join the hunt.\n\nIf you *fail to join the hunt* or *the Hunter casts you out*, your instinct becomes \"Doubt: To balk at danger, to second-guess yourself \" and you cannot Burn Brightly. Both last until you succeed at some bold and reckless act.\n\n**The Hunter's regard** The Pale Hunter welcomes company but expects them to keep up and do their part. Start the following. Track the grim portents separately for each PC.\n\nl He grows annoyed l He expresses his disdain l He gives you one last chance l **Impending doom:** He casts you out, strikes you down, sets hounds on you, and/or marks you as quarry\n\nWhen a *PC impresses the Pale Hunter*, clear any marks they have accumulated.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--pursuit", "title": "Pursuit", "level": 2, "path": [ "On certain nights..." ], "body": "When *the Pale Hunter marks the* \n\n*PCs as quarry*, he gives them a running start. Wait a bit, then start the following. If the PCs split up, track the grim portents separately for each.\n\nl They hear his horn in the distance l The baying of hounds grows near l Mist rises, the first hounds appear l The hounds surround/harry them l **Impending doom:** The Pale Hunter arrives, and moves to strike", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--claimed", "title": "Claimed", "level": 2, "path": [ "On certain nights..." ], "body": "When *you are at 0 HP and the Pale Hunter takes a trophy from you*, the Hunter claims your soul. What does he do with it? Perhaps he…\n\n- … delivers you to the **Lady of Crows** and the Last Door [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death's Door**|Death and the Undying]];\n- … adds you to the ranks of his hounds;\n- … consumes your essence in silver fire; or\n- … does something different with each.\n\nIf you *escape his clutches*, you must pass through the Last Door now or linger on in the world (gain the Ghost insert).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter-3", "title": "Running the Hunt", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The Pale Hunter and his hounds are tireless and relentless. To survive, their quarry must last until sunrise or reach the edge of the Great Wood.\n\nRun the hunt as a series of scenes and challenges. If you're unsure what sort of scene or challenge to present, ask a player to roll the Die of Fate, adding 1 on each subsequent roll (cumulative).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--1d6-scene-challenge", "title": "1d6 scene/challenge", "level": 2, "path": [ "Running the Hunt" ], "body": "- 1 An open stretch, a sprint\n- 2 A choice of paths: one longer, one riskier\n- 3 An obstacle, hazard, or monster\n- 4 A difficult slog\n- 5 One side splits up, perhaps to outflank/trick/entrap the other\n- 6 A good place to hide\n- 7 A breather, as the Hunter and his hounds find the trail\n- 8 If part of the hunt, the quarry is in sight/reach; if the quarry, a place the hunter can't/won't go\n- 9 If part of the hunt, a chance for mercy, to let the quarry go; if the quarry, a chance to slip away or catch the Hunter off guard\n- 10 A final mad dash before dawn or to the edge of the Wood\n\nChange the **[[23 - The Great Wood#. steading improvement .|terrain]]** with each scene or challenge.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--evading-the-hunter", "title": "Evading the Hunter", "level": 3, "path": [ "Running the Hunt", "1d6 scene/challenge" ], "body": "Some ploys that might work include…\n\n- … going **someplace he won't follow** (see below);\n- … crossing running water to throw off his hounds;\n- … masking one's scent with muskweed or some other pungent plant;\n- … distracting him with a ghost, or something that seems to be one;\n- … leading him into the path of a big, territorial creature—like a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Instinct** to lure prey|hagr]]** or **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cynddaraig]]** something to slow him down;\n- … getting help from a **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]** or a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**; or\n- … using magic to trap, ward, or hide from him and his hounds.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--places-he-won-t-follow", "title": "Places he won't follow", "level": 4, "path": [ "Running the Hunt", "1d6 scene/challenge", "Evading the Hunter" ], "body": "The Hunter's quarry might find refuge...\n\n- … near **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Dool trees|dool trees]]**, which he seems unable to approach;\n- … in certain places marked by Forest Folk **[[17 - Forest Folk#**Hooks**|glyphs]]**;\n- … in one of the **[[37 - Red Groves#Red Groves|red groves]]**, perhaps, depending on the Hunter's true nature;\n- … through a **[[53 - Waystones#Waystones|waystone]]**, perhaps, on the Fae paths;\n- … in caves or other places too small for the Hunter to enter (though his hounds probably can); or\n- … near a powerfully **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted site]]**.\n\nMany of these places hold dangers of their own, and the Hunter is patient and cunning. He will surround them, wait, and/or seek to flush them out as makes sense.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter-4", "title": "Special move", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**PUSH ON!** When you *try to keep up with or ahead of the Hunter and his hounds*, and you carry a normal or light load, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you do so, and even have a moment to think, catch your breath, or help an ally; **on a 7-9**, you keep going but pick 1:\n\n- You're flagging; mark a debility\n- Drop down to a light load, or drop if your load is already light\n- You lose ground or the Hunter's regard; tell the GM to advance towards impending doom\n- You need an ally's help\n\n**On a 6-**, or **if you carry a heavy load**: pick 1 of the above and ask the GM what else goes wrong, or what new challenge you now face.\n\n**Note:** The Home on the Range and Trailblazer moves (from the Ranger playbook) apply to this move, too.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--rewards", "title": "Rewards", "level": 3, "path": [ "Special move" ], "body": "The Pale Hunter rewards those who join and impress him, and quarry who manage to escape. The reward might be:\n\n- A marker of his favor, which the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death's Door**|Lady of Crows]]** will take in lieu of a soul\n- One of his many trophies (and the soul it binds, perhaps)\n- An artifact or arcanum, something portable, hidden on his person\n- His blessing upon their blade(s), which now harm undead as if silver\n- An honest answer\n- A **silvery horn** (below)\n\nWhen you *blow the horn outside, at night, in the presence of the undead*, the horn crumbles and a mist rises. The undead flee, and the Pale Hunter and his hounds soon appear to chase them.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "35-the-pale-hunter--hunter-of-the-dead", "title": "Hunter of the Dead", "level": 2, "path": [ "Special move" ], "body": "Why does he hunt the dead? Perhaps…\n\n- … they are the worthiest of prey;\n- … it is part of his nature to do so;\n- … he owes the Lady of Crows a tithe;\n- … he seeks vengeance upon them;\n- … some variation of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\nRegardless: he will chase undead beyond the Great Wood, and sometimes catches their scent even while he does not roam the world. He then appears 1d6-1 nights later, pursuing them 'til dawn. If such a quarry survives, its only reward is that it has thrown the Hunter off its scent.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers", "title": "Primordial Powers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-2", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The village of Stonetop sits upon ancient ruins, built centuries or even millennia ago by the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**. But there are things in the world that were old when the Makers were young. And there are things older still, older even than the world, bigger than the world. Strange and alien things. Primordial things and primordial powers, from the very dawn of time.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-3", "title": "Themes", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Choose or roll 1, or 2 and combine.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 3, "path": [ "Themes" ], "body": "- 1 Vastness, enormity, incomprehensibility, the primordial void\n- 2 Truth, purity, quintessence, the raw stuff of creation\n- 3 Fundamental forces: order, chaos, time, space, gravity, light, death, etc.\n- 4 The spirit world: consciousness, symbols and thought, the connection of all things\n- 5 True names, words of power, speech that transcends language\n- 6 Celestial bodies: their movements, their mysteries, their influence on the world\n- 7 Paradox: destiny and free will, causal loops, infinity, mutually exclusive truths\n- 8 Natural forces and the shaping of the word: slow and subtle, violent and cataclysmic\n- 9 The binding of the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- 10 Mythic times and mythic deeds, the birth and death of gods and legends\n- 11 Long-forgotten peoples/beings, from before the rise of the Makers\n- 12 Portals, possibilities, other worlds, beings/things out of time and space", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Themes" ], "body": "- A grand conjunction of the stars approaches, signaling momentous change.\n- A meteorite crashes not far from Stonetop.\n- A scholar returns from an ancient monument, preaching gibberish that infects the minds of others.\n- A ritual can be performed only at a site of primordial power.\n- Centuries ago, the spirit of War renounced their role and duties and incarnated as a reclusive shepherd, to live a simple life.\n- A sleeping titan—big as a mountain, covered in millennia of soil, debris, and growth—starts to stir.\n- A clan of refugees from no known region emerges from the portal below the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-4", "title": "Questions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- The **[[35 - The Pale Hunter#The Pale Hunter|Pale Hunter]]** is associated with \"the\" moon, but are there other moons? What are they associated with?\n- What tends to make you feel insignificant and small?\n- Do you believe in fate? Or do we chart our own destinies?\n- What strange place did you once visit that was clearly touched by ancient, eldritch powers?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--cosmology", "title": "Cosmology", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "Many aspects of the setting's cosmology are intentionally left vague, for you and your group to flesh out as needed. Here are a few things to ask about or consider:\n\n- How mythic is your cosmos? Like, is the sun a star, orbited by the world? Or does **[[25 - Helior, the Daybringer#Helior, the Daybringer|Helior]]** drive his chariot across the sky? Or what?\n- Do other worlds float in the void? Can they be reached via the spirit world or **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|portals]]**?\n- What lies beyond the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Questions**|Last Door]]**)? Is the afterlife the same for all, or do different fates await each soul?\n- What exactly is the relationship between the First Creators, the great spirits, the gods of forgotten peoples, and the gods worshipped today?\n- Did life evolve over eons? Or did the First Creators populate the world with much of the flora and fauna we know today? Or what?\n- Where did humanity come from? Do we predate the Makers or were we made by them?\n\nThe answers to these questions will depend on how your players answer questions about other topics, and decisions you make about them. In particular, see **[[03 - Aratis, the Lawkeeper#Aratis, the Lawkeeper|Aratis]]**, **[[09 - Danu, the Earth Mother#Danu, the Earth Mother|Danu]]**, **[[25 - Helior, the Daybringer#Helior, the Daybringer|Helior]]**, **[[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker#Tor, the Rain-maker|Tor]]**, **gods and religion** (page [[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|178\\)]], **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Death and the undying|death and the undying]]**, the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**, **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Lygos and the South|Lygos and the south]]**, and **Stonetop** itself (page [[02 - The Village of Stonetop#The village of Stonetop|12\\)]].", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--the-first-creators", "title": "The First Creators", "level": 2, "path": [ "Questions" ], "body": "They were the first minds to know themselves, the first beings to give themselves names. They were born of the cosmic void, of light and possibility and the churning chaos of nothingness and all. They spoke reality into being, set down its fundamental laws. They made the world and bound the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**.\n\nThe First Creators are unlikely to feature directly in your game. Mostly, they serve as background, an excuse for why things are the way they are. Some might linger as what we now call **gods** (page [[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|178]]), but as a rule they no longer actively shape the world. Perhaps they have forgotten it entirely.\n\nBeings of darkness, chaos, and corruption, older even than the First Creators. They are jealous and hateful and full of infinite malice, and so the First Creators bound them in the depths of the earth.\n\nThough imprisoned, they still influence the world. The **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]** called on them when the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]** rebelled. The servants of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]** succumbed to their whispers and ushered in the **[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]**. The **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**) courted them openly and worshipped them as gods. Their influence has lessened in the **[[46 - The Things Below#**The current age**|current age]]**, but it lingers still.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-5", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--great-spirits", "title": "Great spirits", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "Impossibly potent entities, numinous and grand. The First Creators made some as experiments, some to be companions, some to serve as stewards of the world. Other great spirits arose spontaneously, birthed from the cosmos or the beliefs of mortal beings.\n\nMany of these great spirits are aloof, alien, and disinterested in the world (or at least, in this world). Others are active, but shape the world in subtle ways. Their numbers might well include the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death's Door**|Lady of Crows]]**, and some or all of the **major gods** (page [[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|178]]).\n\nTo create a great spirit for your game, decide whether it's worshipped as a god. If it is, create it using the procedure for **[[20 - Gods and Religion#**Other gods**|other gods]]**. Otherwise, pick or roll 2 primordial themes [[36 - Primordial Powers#**1d12** marker|Primordial Powers]] and imagine the entity suggested by the combination. Consider why it goes unworshipped—is it unknown, uncaring, alien, or what?\n\nShould one of the great spirits become active in your game, write it up as a threat (a *magical entity*). Even benevolent beings of such cosmic power can't help but cause trouble.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--incarnations", "title": "Incarnations", "level": 4, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Great spirits" ], "body": "The great spirits sometimes manifest directly in the world. Such incarnations are likely to become figures of myth and legend. For examples, see:\n\n- The **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Mind your manners|Willow Witches]]**\n- The **[[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker#**Nine-fingered stranger**|Nine-fingered stranger]]** if you assume that Tor is a great spirit\n- The **[[35 - The Pale Hunter#The Pale Hunter|Pale Hunter]]**, if you decide he's a primordial entity\n\nTo create an incarnation, first establish what great spirit it's a manifestation of. Then choose or roll for why it incarnated, its manifestation, and 1-3 constraints. Write it up as a monster, and possibly as a threat, with all manner of powerful moves—such beings are not bound by the normal laws of reality. See the examples (previous column) for inspiration.\n\nBe cautious about introducing incarnations into your game. They should make the world feel rich and mysterious and help you punctuate the PCs' lives with adventure; they should not overshadow the PCs, or serve as a convenient contrivance. Their involvement should always feel dangerous, fraught, and complicated.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-why-it-incarnated", "title": "1d12 why it incarnated", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "- 1-2 As a punishment/penance/escape\n- 3-4 Because potent magic summoned it\n- 5-6 In pursuit of some agenda\n- 7-8 Out of curiosity/boredom/despair\n- 9-10 Through fate or cosmic accident\n- 11-12 To learn, to experience the world", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-manifestation", "title": "1d12 manifestation", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "- 1-2 A seemingly normal person\n- 3-4 A seemingly natural beast\n- 5-6 A spirit or other mysterious being\n- 7-8 A clearly supernatural person\n- 9-10 A monster or supernatural beast, possibly a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|titan]]**\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 again, but it manifests as a group or multitude of the result", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--primordial-powers", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-constraint", "title": "1d12 constraint", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "- 1 Doesn't realize what it is\n- 2 Is subservient to another\n- 3-4 Has a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Tethers|tether]]**\n- 5-7 Is bound by certain inviolate rules\n- 8 Can incarnate only briefly, in or at certain circumstances/times\n- 9 Is subject to mortal urges/needs/ emotions/weakness\n- 10 Refuses to get involved\n- 11 Is hunted by other supernatural beings\n- 12 Can't use its power without dire consequences, for itself/the world\n\n*[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|The PCs are searching the bowels of the Ruined Tower]]* *[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Mysteries of the Mindgem|for the bronze helm that serves as a casing for the Mindgem]]**[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Og'molok, the Faceless Horde** Threat (*magical entity*)|. In the next session, they're likely to find the oubliette]]*) *and on a whim, I decide that one of the cells holds an imprisoned incarnation.* \n\n*I don't have much more than that in mind, so I roll two primordial themes. I get a 4 (\"the spirit world: consciousness, symbols and thought, the connection of all things\") and a 12 (\"portals, possibilities…\"). That seems like an entity who breaks down barriers between minds, dreams, and reality.* \n\n*From there, I roll a 5 for why it incarnated (\"in pursuit of some agenda\"), a 4 for its manifestation (\"a seemingly natural beast\") and a 3 for a constraint (\"a tether\"). I think that it incarnated to make dreams and desires come true. I pick an additional constraint: \"It can't use its powers without dire consequences.\" It came to grant wishes, but in truth it spreads chaos—which is why Stormcatcher locked it away.* \n\nTHE NIGHTINGALE\n\n Solitary, tiny, primordial, magical, beautiful\n\nHP 19; ARMOR 5 (size, resilience), 1 vs. black iron (size)\n\nDAMAGE ear-piercing screech d12-2 w/ disadvantage (near, area, loud, ignores armor)\n\nSPECIAL QUALITIES ageless; reads minds; tethered to a particular ever-blooming rose bush somewhere in the Foothills\n\nINSTINCT to grant unasked-for wishes\n\n- > Entrance with its beautiful song\n- > Bring one's deepest desires to mind\n- > Manifest those desires in the world, however unrealstic, consequences be damned\n- > Flit away, go elsewhere\n\n*If the PCs set it loose, I'll write it up as a threat (an* affliction*) that spreads chaos throughout the region.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-6", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--archons", "title": "Archons", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "Archons are constructed **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Tethers|spirits]]**, made by the First Creators or one of the great spirits as guardians and enforcers of the cosmic order.\n\nStart with the base archon stat block below. Pick or roll for their purpose, their manifestation, and up to 3 powers. Adjust the stat block to reflect these choices or results, writing at least one move to reflect its purpose and one to reflect it manifesting (unless its manifestation is a construct/ animate statue).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--base-archon", "title": "Base archon", "level": 4, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Archons" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *primordial*, *spirit*, *construct*, *magical*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 23; **Armor** 5 (resilience, lacks vitals), 1 vs. black iron\n\n**Damage** physical blows d12+3 w/advantage (*close*, *reach*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** ageless, immune to the elements, perceives thought and matter, omnilingual\n\n**Instinct** per its purpose", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-purpose", "title": "1d12 purpose", "level": 3, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Archons" ], "body": "| To seek out and destroy | |\n|----------------------------|--|\n| To find, judge, and punish | |\n| To capture/retrieve | |\n| To warn/castigate/correct | |\n| To stand watch and protect | |\n| | |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-manifestation-2", "title": "1d12 manifestation", "level": 3, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Archons" ], "body": "- 1-2 Pure energy/light/fire: harmed only by black iron\n- 3-4 A construct/animate statue: -*spirit*, Armor 6, or 4 vs. black iron\n- 5-6 A mass of vapor/dust/ash/soil/ etc.: takes half damage except from black iron\n- 7-8 A ripple in reality: +*stealthy*, harmed only by black iron\n- 9-10 Someone plucked from the mind of whoever it interacts with\n- 11-12 An impossible entity, surreal and weird and awe-inspiring", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-powers", "title": "1d12 powers", "level": 3, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Archons" ], "body": "- 1 Smites at range (*far* or *near*, *area*)\n- 2 Manipulates the environment\n- 3 Teleports, or close enough\n- 4 Pierces deception, compels truth\n- 5 Stuns/deafens/blinds/hobbles foes\n- 6 Marks/curses/binds targets\n- 7 Compels mortals/lesser spirits to \\_\\_\n- 8 Foresees the future, likely outcomes\n- 9 Harms weapons used against them\n- 10 Dispels/disenchants magical effects\n- 11 Quells emotions, instills peace\n- 12 Something special, unique, thematic\n\nArchons have unique names with unlikely combinations of sounds, with majestic and enigmatic titles. For example: Qrenithar, Dawn Herald; Klythorim, Arrow of Time; Xezaltran the Inevitable; Jharvakus, the Silent Witness; Phrysthalin, Bearer of Scales; and Lyvontis, the Judge Incorruptible.\n\nFor an example, see **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Soithech**|Tcaventes, Shackle and Key]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--primordial-powers-2", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "*The Seeker acquires the Ineffable Words arcanum [[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Ineffable Words|Ineffable Words]] and eventually unlocks their mysteries, only to then mark a consequence that has an \"eternal, ancient being of Order\" seek them out and reprimand them. That sounds like an archon to me!* \n\n*I pick a purpose of \"To warn/castigate/ correct,\" and roll a 2 for its manifestation (\"pure energy/light/fire\"). For powers, I roll a 3 (\"teleports, or close enough\") and pick both \"stuns/deafens/ blinds/hobbles\" (it's made of light!) and \"dispels/disenchants magic.\" I ponder a little, and write up the following:*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--livrothos-cleansing-flame", "title": "LIVROTHOS, CLEANSING FLAME", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "Solitary, large, primordial, spirit, construct, magical, terrifying HP 23, ARMOR 1 (lacks vitals), harmed only by black iron DAMAGE white flame d12+3 w/\n\nadvantage (hand, close, forceful, messy, 3 piercing) SPECIAL QUALITIES: ageless, immune to the elements, perceives\n\nthought and matter, omnilingual INSTINCT: to correct mistakes\n\n- > Detect magic run amok\n- > Appear as a column of white flame, painful to look upon\n- > Vanish, maybe appear elsewhere\n- > Burn magic away from the world", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--titans", "title": "Titans", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "Legends speak of a time when beasts and beings of impossible scale roamed the world. The god **[[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker#Tor, the Rain-maker|Tor]]** is said to have slain three such beasts, and everyone knows about the skeleton on the side of **[[48 - Titan Bones#Titan Bones|Titan Bones]]**.\n\nPerhaps the First Creators placed these titans in the world. Perhaps they evolved amid the early world's riot of vitality and life. Some could have been incarnations of the great spirits, or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanations]]** of the Things Below.\n\nRegardless, titans no longer roam the world like they once did. The **[[08 - The Crombil#Hooks|Crombil]]** might be one, but it wakes only once every few decades. The **[[11 - The Dread River#**The Suileach**|Suileach]]** might be another, but it is confined to the Dread River. The hidden lands around the **[[21 - The Golden Oak#The Golden Oak|Golden Oak]]** are full of gargantuan beasts, but whether they are truly titans is up to you.\n\nThere might be other such titans, hidden away in remote corners of the world, sleeping the centuries away, waiting to rise once more.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-7", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--sites", "title": "Sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "There are places in the world marked or marred by primordial power. If such a site needs to be established, combine the terrain in which it's located with a marker.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-marker", "title": "1d12 marker", "level": 3, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Sites" ], "body": "- 1 A veil, hiding it from the world\n- 2-3 Dramatic geology (a peak, a crater, a rift, a geyser, etc.)\n- 4 Desolation/**[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Storm-cloud potion**|radiation]]**\n- 5 Remains of a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|titan]]**\n- 6-7 Megalith(s)/petroglyphs/runes/cave paintings/etc.\n- 8-9 Ruin(s) of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**, built near or around it\n- 10 Mysterious structure(s), placed by primordial entities\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice and combine\n\nOnce the site itself is established, pick or roll for a theme [[36 - Primordial Powers#**1d12** marker|Primordial Powers]], an origin, and 1-3 features that make it interesting.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-origin", "title": "1d12 origin", "level": 3, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Sites" ], "body": "- 1-2 The intent of a (the) great spirit(s)\n- 3-4 A confluence of geomantic/cosmic/ celestial forces\n- 5-6 A conflict between mythic beings\n- 7-8 The death of a primordial entity\n- 9-10 The presence of a primordial **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Artifacts|artifact]]**\n- 11-12 The working (successful or not) of a potent spell or artifice", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-features", "title": "1d12 features", "level": 3, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Sites" ], "body": "- 1 An **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|archon]]**, watching over it or what it contains\n- 2 A trapped primordial entity or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanation]]**\n- 3 An abundance of certain spirits\n- 4 The **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|shade]]** of a dead god or primordial entity, easily called up\n- 5 Anomalies (time loops or fluxes, spatial warps, weird gravity, thoughts projected out loud, etc.)\n- 6 A thin barrier with the spirit world\n- 7 A **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|portal]]**, or a place with the potential for one\n- 8 A font of power; a good place to work particular types of magic\n- 9 Visions/omens/prophecies/insights, sometimes bestowed on visitors\n- 10 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**, something weird, found only here\n- 11 The raw stuff of creation: **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]**, water of life, **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Instinct** to eat and spawn|primordial flame]]**, etc.\n- 12 One or more **artifacts** of primordial power [[36 - Primordial Powers#Artifacts|Artifacts]]\n\nIf such a site lies near areas that are or were once populated, consider the locals' attitudes towards it (reverence, awe, terror, avoidance, etc.), and what additional signs they might have left.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--primordial-powers-3", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "*The Seasons Change and the PCs get \"interesting news.\" I want to give them a lead on the Ineffable Words* [[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Ineffable Words|Ineffable Words]]*[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|, to be found in a primordial site in the Whitefang Mountains]]**.* \n\n*I roll a 4 on the Whitefangs terrain table (\"waterlogged soil, frozen or muddy\") and a 9 for a marker (\"ruin of the Makers\"). In the Whitefangs, that's probably a Rime Lord ruin.* \n\n*I roll a 10 for theme (\"mythic times, the birth and death of gods and legends\") and an 8 for origins (\"death of a primordial entity\"). For features, I roll a 4 (\"the shade of a dead god…\"), and pick \"one or more artifacts of primordial power\" (the Ineffable Words). I create the Rime Lord ruin using the tables on [[38 - Rime Lords#**A ruin**|Rime Lords]] and the dead god using the steps on [[20 - Gods and Religion#**Other gods**|Gods and Religion]]* \n\n*I picture a high place, where a demon killed Nangbu—a goddess of writing, wisdom, and prophecy. The Rime Lords carved a temple into the slope, to honor her and commune with her shade, but avalanches buried the temple. What remains is an alpine meadow with a few chunks of Maker-carved stone sticking out of muddy soil. There's a stillness to the air, in which one can sometimes hear a whispering voice.* \n\n*For their interesting news, I think the PCs will acquire a scroll describing this temple of Nangbu, and how the dead god's shade dwells there and bestows gifts of wisdom and prophecy upon petitioners (the Ineffable Words).*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--other-sites-of-primordial-power", "title": "Other sites of primordial power", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "- A small lake: cold, acidic, devoid of life. During thick mists, it connects to other times, places, or realities.\n- A hill overlooking a river, where an **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanation]]** is impaled on a rod of black iron. An archon hides the hill and its prisoner from the world.\n- The base of a rusty metal tower, 6' wide, rising over a lush meadow that teems with nature spirits. The bones of a titan are buried below.\n- A fallen megalith, half-sunk in peat and mire. When the stars align, a mortal here can ask one question and get a total, overwhelming answer.\n- A lonely peak where, if one is not careful, their spirit will be drawn from their body and up into the void.\n\n- An underground arch marked with runes, opening to a long straight hall. The hallway is a loop; you always return to where you started.\n- Plenty of **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted sites]]**\n- Certain chambers below the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**.\n- The **[[21 - The Golden Oak#The Golden Oak|Golden Oak]]**.\n- The **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Tcaventes, Shackle and Key**|Utterwell]]**.\n- **[[48 - Titan Bones#Titan Bones|Titan Bones]]**, perhaps.\n- Maybe **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#Chart a Course|Tor's Fist]]**?\n- Possibly the **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#**The village of Stonetop**|Stone]]** itself.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--primordial-powers-4", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--portals", "title": "Portals", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "There are places throughout the world that touch each other on a fundamental level, despite being hundreds of miles apart. The Makers knew how to create portals in such places, allowing for instantaneous travel between them. One might find such a portal…\n\n- … beneath the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**\n- … in the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]]**\n- … hidden away near **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#Three Coven Lake|Three Coven Lake]]**\n- … among the ruins of **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**\n- … up on **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#Chart a Course|Tor's Fist]]**, perhaps\n- … maybe in certain ruins down in **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Lygos and the South|Lygos and the South]]**\n- … anywhere else you think makes sense.\n\nPortals can be activated via **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A time-worn missive|Opening the Way]]**, which requires inscribing the sigil sequence of one portal within Should the PCs learn to use portals, they might wish to create new ones. To do so, they must:\n\n- Locate a suitable site of primordial power\n- Transport a slab of pure white stone (Value 2 or 3, depending on size) to the site\n- Discern the correct sigil sequence for this site\n- Have an *exceptional* stonecutter spend a season (Value 2) carving the sigils into the stone\n- Risk damage to the stone or a flawed portal\n\nThe Makers' portals were safe and stable, but flawed or damaged portals are terribly dangerous. One might explode, tear travelers apart, and/or open a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Instinct** to eat and spawn|rift]]** in the world. See the **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#The cracked portal|cracked portal]]** of Vor Svetelik for an example.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--primordial-powers-5", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--black-iron", "title": "Black iron", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "A few rare veins of this metal exist in the world, but mostly it's retrieved from meteorites. It is completely, utterly immune to magic.\n\n- **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]** treat it like iron, but worse—its touch unravels their magic and they take +1d6 damage (*messy*, ignores armor) from it\n- Spirits can't touch it, perhaps can't even perceive it\n- It can damage even insubstantial forms of manifest **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Tethers|spirits]]**, but does no true harm to the spirit itself\n- It damages or destroys any open portal it touches, going nowhere\n- Spells, rituals, and other magic cannot affect it, pierce it, detect it, or perceive things enclosed by it\n\nWhen the PCs encounter some, pick or roll for its form:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-form", "title": "1d12 form", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "- 1-2 Ore/lump/meteorite\n- 3-4 Raw material (spool/ingot/rod/etc.)\n- 5-6 Charm/talisman/jewelry/symbol\n- 7-8 Tool (nail/hammer/tongs/etc.)\n- 9-10 Weapon/shield/armor\n- 11-12 Construction (door/plating/throne/ etc.), likely *immobile*\n\nPick or roll for its size and its Value to those who understand what it is. For worked items made of black iron, add their base Value to what's listed below. For example, a sword (Value 1) made of black iron would be Value 3.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--1d12-size", "title": "1d12 size", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "- 1-4 A small object/amount (Value 1)\n- 5-8 A object/amount (Value 2)\n- 9-11 A object/amount (Value 2)\n- 12 An *immobile* object/amount (Value 3 at least)\n\nBlack iron is strong and hard like steel and worked much the same way. It's a little on the heavy side, and doesn't hold quite as keen an edge. Black iron weapons don't have \"*x* piercing,\" but a black iron warhammer would still have 2 piercing.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--primordial-powers-6", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "- Rocks with fossilized sea shells (Value 0), found far from any water\n- A stack of tin plates, with punchedout stencils; arranged correctly, they lay out the sigils of a specific portal (Value 1, or 3 to the right buyer)\n- A pouch of odd, white coins bearing odd symbols, much lighter and harder than you'd expect (Value 1, maybe?)\n- A… spearhead (?), wedged deep into bedrock, shining with eternal starlight (*hand*, *magical*, *beautiful*, Value 2)\n- A silver chalice (Value 2), dented and tarnished, engraved with images of monsters being trapped in a globe\n- An 8' statue of an unknown goddess bearing stars and moons in her many hands (*immobile*, *fragile*, Value 2)\n- A gem of blue, crystallized flame; cool to the touch but melts metal and starts fires given time (*dangerous*, Value 3)\n- A black iron hauberk (2 armor, *warm*, *cumbersome*, Value 4), utterly immune to magic\n- An abandoned quarry of pure white stone, like you need for a portal; flooded but still full of good material\n\n**A bejeweled helm**\n\n, *magical*, *loud*, *dangerous*, 1d4+1 uses Bronze, battered, and adorned with seven fittings, 1d4+1 of which bear purple gems that hum ominously. When you *don the helm*, you sense the gems' power and how to use them but can hear nothing over their incessant noise.\n\nWhen you *unleash a gem's power*, pick a target you can see and roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, your target freezes in time and space for as long as you wear the helm and maintain focus; **on a 7-9**, you must focus for a few seconds, but then the effect kicks in as per a 10+.\n\n*While your target remains frozen*, the gem hums louder and louder, painfully so. When *the effect ends*, the gem crumbles to dust.\n\nWhen you *try to maintain focus*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you're fine for now; **on a 7-9**, either mark a debility or let the effect end; **on a 6-**, mark a debility and either let the effect end or ask the GM how time and space start to go haywire around you.\n\nWhile frozen, the target (and anything on their person) is inviolate—they cannot be harmed, moved, or otherwise interacted with. They rejoin the timeline as if no time had passed for them, with whatever momentum they previously had.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-8", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**A sealed amphora**\n\n , *fragile*, *magical*, 3 uses A ceramic, two-armed jug with a wax seal. Inside is water of life, the quintessence of water, so pure that it washes away all impurity, corruption, poison, or disease from any living thing. It becomes sullied and loses its potency when used, or if left unsealed for more than a minute or so.\n\nThe amphora itself is a perfect vessel: as long as it is sealed, no substance within will rot, putrefy, or otherwise spoil.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--a-fossilized-horn", "title": "A fossilized horn", "level": 3, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nA spiral thing, maybe 2' long, the remnant of some long-gone **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|incarnation]]**. Those sensitive to the spirit world can sense its lingering, radiant power.\n\nWhen you *bear the fossilized horn*, you have advantage on any move to impress, intimidate, or threaten a spirit (though it grants no special ability to communicate with spirits in the first place). Should you roll a 6- on any such roll, the spirit can choose to destroy the horn and end its effect, in addition to whatever else the GM says.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 3, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-9", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A time-worn missive|A time-worn missive]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A… key?|A… key?]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A crumbling arch|A crumbling arch]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Sigil of Authority Authority:|A silvery signet ring]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A metal puzzle box|An oversized crown]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A metal puzzle box|A metal puzzle box]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "The following are (or could be) associated with primordial powers.\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Ineffable Words|Ineffable Words]]**\n- **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Mysteries of the Storm Markings|Storm Markings]]**\n- **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Noruba's Ice Sphere|Noruba's Ice Sphere]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-10", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--natural-forces", "title": "Natural forces", "level": 4, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Dangers" ], "body": "- Storms, violent weather, **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A cloak, richly embroidered|lightning]]**, flooding\n- **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|Avalanches]]**, **rockslides** and **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|mudslides]]**\n- **[[14 - The Flats#**Dangers**|Prairie fire]]** run amok\n- **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#**Volcanic activity**|Volcanic activity]]**\n- **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#**Volcanic activity**|Earthquakes]]**\n- **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Storm-cloud potion**|Radiation]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--fate", "title": "Fate", "level": 4, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Dangers" ], "body": "Threat (*affliction*)\n\n**Instinct** to push towards the inevitable\n\nThere are those whose fates are heralded by prophecy, omen, and vision. And if you know your fate, maybe, just maybe, you can change it.\n\n- ^ä Reveal that recent events were foretold long ago\n- ^ä Reveal things yet to come\n- ^ä Use coincidence to push them towards their fate\n- ä Show how attempts to avert fate actu-", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--incomprehensible-knowledge-threat-affliction", "title": "Incomprehensible knowledge Threat (affliction)", "level": 3, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Dangers" ], "body": "**Instinct** to unravel any sense of safety/self\n\nWhen one delves into primordial mysteries, one must grapple with alien and unsettling ideas. Dwell on them too long, and you find your mind turning against itself.\n\nl You fidget, fixate, have trouble sleeping or relaxing\n\nl Change your instinct to… (pick 1)\n\n- Paranoia: To invent dangers\n- Compulsion: To obsessively repeat certain actions\n\nbecome a threat (a *wildcard*)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--primordial-powers-7", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--primordial-flame", "title": "Primordial flame", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "*Primordial*, *terrifying*, *magical* **Damage** 1d12 w/advantage (*hand*, *messy*, ignores armor)\n\n- ^ä Radiate blistering heat, 1d10 damage (*reach*, *area*)\n- ^ä Start normal fires nearby\n- ^ä Reduce what it touches to ash\n\nA tongue of perfect blue fire, somehow brought into the world. It is likely found held in stasis by some potent magic or artifice. For while it consumes and destroys\n\nall it touches, it cannot last long in contact with base reality.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--rift", "title": "Rift", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "When primordial power runs amok, it can damage reality itself. Such rifts might manifest as places where:\n\n- Time runs slowly/quickly/not at all\n- Things emerge from other times/ places/realities\n- Natural laws like light, heat, gravity, and death behave strangely\n- The world breaks down into chemics/ crystals/raw elements\n- New lifeforms/consciousnesses arise\n- **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Fundamental**|Fundamentals]]**, **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|voidblights]]**, or other dangerous spirits enter the world\n- The Things Below spread their influence (see **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted sites]]**)\n\nMost rifts are temporary, soon sealed by **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|archons]]** or other primordial", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--fundamental", "title": "Fundamental", "level": 2, "path": [ "Primordial powers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *primordial*\n\n**HP** 19; **Armor** 1 (lacks vitals), harmed only by black iron\n\n**Damage** destructive touch 1d10 w/advantage (*hand*, *grabby*, ignores armor)\n\n**Instinct** see below\n\n- ^ä Manifest in the proper conditions\n- ^ä Communicate poorly\n- ^ä Burden with **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Fundamental**|incomprehensible knowledge]]**\n- ^ä Refuse to cooperate\n- ^ä Manipulate/manifest its element, locally and dramatically\n\nThese are **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Tethers|spirits]]** of fundamental forces, far removed from mortal concerns. They are active only near sites of primordial power and uncontrolled **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Instinct** to eat and spawn|rifts]]**, or when called forth by powerful, dangerous magic.\n\nExample fundamentals include:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--time", "title": "Time", "level": 4, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Fundamental" ], "body": "**Manifests** as a form of flowing sand **Instinct** to plod forward", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--gravity", "title": "Gravity", "level": 4, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Fundamental" ], "body": "**Manifests** as a voice from below **Instinct** to be greedy, selfish", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--fate-2", "title": "Fate", "level": 3, "path": [ "Primordial powers", "Fundamental" ], "body": "**Manifests** as a weaver or a spider **Instinct** to be coy", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-11", "title": "Light", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**Manifests** as a prismatic pattern **Instinct** to overwhelm", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--void", "title": "Void", "level": 3, "path": [ "Light" ], "body": "**Manifests** as a hole in reality **Instinct** to get confused/annoyed", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--order", "title": "Order", "level": 2, "path": [ "Light" ], "body": "**Manifests** as an unmoving crystalline form **Instinct** to arrange, normalize, preserve", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers-12", "title": "Chaos", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**Manifests** as a bewildering series of impressions\n\n**Instinct** to undermine, to surprise", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--primordial-powers-8", "title": "Primordial powers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Chaos" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--voidblight", "title": "Voidblight", "level": 2, "path": [ "Chaos" ], "body": "*Horde*, *spirit*, *primordial*, *stealthy*, *hungry*, *cautious*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 1 (lacks vitals) **Damage** spirit-rending bite d6+2 (*hand*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special qualities** can harm only spirits and mortals sensitive to the spirit world; harmed only by other spirits or magic attacks", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--instinct-to-eat-and-spawn", "title": "Instinct to eat and spawn", "level": 2, "path": [ "Chaos" ], "body": "- ^ä Follow the \"scent\" of a rift or a spirit-walker\n- ^ä Mimic a spirit it has eaten\n- ^ä Pounce on unsuspecting prey\n- ^ä After a good meal: spawn another of its kind\n\nTo those who can perceive them, they seem like many-limbed salamanders made of starfilled night. Their broad, flat, eyeless heads split open into rows of glittering teeth.\n\nThey are alien things, spiritual scavengers and predators. They haunt forgotten corners of the spirit world, the dead worldmotes that float through the cosmic void. Mostly, they wait and hunger. But if they catch the scent of a traveler, or worse, a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Instinct** to eat and spawn|rift]]** into our world, they will follow it.\n\nTreat an incursion of voidblights as a threat (type: *beasts*) with the following grim portents:\n\nl A few local spirits are killed; others are spooked; sensitive mortals are unnerved l \"Softer\" local spirits die or flee; plants fail, animals grow sickly, misfortune abounds; voidblights attack sensitive mortals\n\nl Almost all local spirits flee or are eaten; local systems collapse and die\n\nl **Impending doom**: voidblights spread into new colonies, all over the region and soon the world\n\n**Stakes**: Will any of the PCs' enemies join them to face this threat? How will the environment be permanently changed? What will happen if the voidblights are corrupted by the Things Below?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "36-primordial-powers--other-primordial-entities", "title": "Other primordial entities", "level": 2, "path": [ "Chaos" ], "body": "- The **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|Great spirits]]**, possibly including the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death's Door**|Lady of Crows]]** and some or all of the major **gods** (page [[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|178\\)]]\n- **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|Incarnations]]**, including the **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Mind your manners|Willow Witches]]** and perhaps the **[[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker#**Nine-fingered stranger**|Nine-fingered stranger]]** and/or the **[[35 - The Pale Hunter#The Pale Hunter|Pale Hunter]]**\n- **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|Archons]]**, including **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Soithech**|Tcaventes, Shackle and Key]]**\n- **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|Titans]]**, perhaps including the **[[08 - The Crombil#Hooks|Crombil]]** and/or the **[[11 - The Dread River#**The Suileach**|Suileach]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "37-red-groves", "title": "Red Groves", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Half a day east of Stonetop is a copse of trees that turn blood red (leaves, bark, and all) at the autumnal equinox. By spring, the color has returned to normal. The **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]** warned the villagers to avoid this place. They never said why.\n\n- An iron tang in the air\n- The scrutiny of the forest upon you, heavy like a blanket\n- Words of warning, faintly heard in the breeze, in the rustling leaves, in the insect hum and birdsong.\n- **Spring/Summer:** bright green shoots/ leaves bursting from black bark and mud\n- **Autumn/Winter:** overwhelming, glossy red\n\n**Tip:** faintly whisper things like \"turn back\" or \"not welcome\" or \"go away\" and then pretend you didn't say anything", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "37-red-groves--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 2, "path": [ "Red Groves" ], "body": "**Something interesting:** A dozen such groves dot the Great Wood. Some redden in the fall, others in spring. Some, like the one near Stonetop, are large and old; others are just a few young trees.\n\n**Something useful:** When you *enter a red grove*, you draw the forest's wrath unless…\n\n- … you come naked and empty handed, having been ritually purified;\n- … you bear a dying spirit, wishing to pass on; or\n- … you are cloaked in subtle magic.\n\nRedwood serves as a conduit for **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]**. Some of the Forest Folks' most powerful totems are made of redwood. Alas, harvesting redwood without the permission of the forest spirits is sure to draw their primal, relentless ire.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "37-red-groves--why-are-they-so-special", "title": "Why are they so special?", "level": 2, "path": [ "Red Groves" ], "body": "That's for you to decide. Maybe...\n\n- … they are where **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]** are born and where they come to die;\n- … they each imprison some terrible evil;\n- … they each mark the grave of a cham pion of **[[09 - Danu, the Earth Mother#Danu, the Earth Mother|Danu]]**; or\n- … it's different for each grove.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "37-red-groves--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Red Groves" ], "body": "- A dying **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#The Brennauwed|glasbren]]** seeks a mortal to convey her to the Red Grove.\n- The Red Grove is corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**. Its spirits are confused and unwell, and the Grove will soon start spawning horrors.\n- A villager steals a branch of redwood, and is cursed with the forest's wrath.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "37-red-groves--inhabitants", "title": "Inhabitants", "level": 2, "path": [ "Red Groves" ], "body": "Any **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]** might be found here, but each grove hosts at least a few **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#The Brennauwed|brennauwed]]** and is protected by **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Coedwaig**|coedwaig]]**. **[[23 - The Great Wood#Monsters|Butcherbirds]]** frequent the Groves while they are red.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "37-red-groves--the-forest-s-wrath", "title": "The Forest's Wrath", "level": 2, "path": [ "Red Groves" ], "body": "Threat (*affliction*)\n\n**Instinct** to punish the perpetrator and those who protect them\n\nThe greater the transgression, the more quickly the curse escalates and the greater the penance required.\n\nl Nightmares, ire from beasts and birds, plants tend to wither and die l Friends and family are affected, too; birds and small beasts harass them in town\n\nl The whole village is affected; sleep is scarce, nerves frayed, the Wood is hostile l Saplings sprout in town overnight, or when folk aren't looking\n\nl **Impending doom**: Crops fail, livestock revolt, homes collapse, the granary rots", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords", "title": "Rime Lords", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "In the utmost north, the Rime Lords made their domain. They spread through the Whitefang Mountains [[54 - The Whitefang Mountains|The Whitefang Mountains]] and the tundra beyond, embracing the ice and the cold and the terrible howling emptiness.\n\nThe Rime Lords developed all manner of ascetic disciplines and esoteric arts. They inured their bodies to the cold. They sent their minds wandering through spirit realms. They shaped matter and energy with their will, imposed stillness on the world, froze pockets of reality in timeless stasis.\n\nDisciples came from the farm-valleys and the mammoth herders, to study at the feet of these living gods. Their teachings were harsh, rigorous, and demanding. But for a time, monasteries dotted the north and the ways of the Rime Lords flourished.\n\nBut then the servants of the Stone Lords [[43 - Stone Lords|Stone Lords]] rebelled and set loose the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below|The Things Below]]. Something cracked open at the very roof of the world, and the voice of Y'aaw'kara (the Howling Wind, the Flayer of Flesh) was unleashed. Bloodthirst and madness spread.\n\nSome Rime Lords fell to the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**. Others were brought low by mortal mobs run rampant. The thirteen survivors agreed that something must be done. They each retreated to a place of power, sent forth their minds, and together sealed the rift beneath a glacier of **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**, quieting Y'aaw'kara's voice.\n\nThe Howling Curse dulled to a constant whisper. But the last thirteen Rime Lords had sacrificed themselves. Their bodies remain encased in ice, their minds working the magic intended to keep Y'aaw'kara's voice at bay for eternity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "Sanskrit-inspired: Akativet, Artarapishi, Dahishika, Goranat, Kanishanu, Mamaranu, Marash, Nilani, Prayanavi, Ralananan, Ranaji, Shayand, Supnam, Vitatana\n\nOften combined with a title of \"Gar\" (\"teacher\") or appellations of \"Div\" (\"the holy\") or Kav (\"the wise\"). For example \"Gar Akativet,\" \"Kanishanu Div,\" or \"Ranaji Kav.\"", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- A rogue has some **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]** to trade, and knows where to find more\n- Timber-cutters in the **[[16 - The Foothills#The Foothills|Foothills]]** disturb a Rime Lord-era ruin\n- Prospectors from **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]** find one of the last thirteen Rime Lords, still in stasis, encased in ice\n- A new glacier starts to form in the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|Whitefang Mountains]]**, spreading into the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**) and upsetting the spirits there", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--themes", "title": "Themes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "Pick, or roll 1d12.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Ice: shaped into grand and intricate designs\n- 2 The all-pervasive cold: bone-chilling, shivering, numbing, desperate\n- 3 Stasis/stillness/silence/permanence/ preservation\n- 4 Ascetic practice: the ruthless perfection of mind/body/will\n- 5 Chants/gestures/rituals: to focus the will, to tame reality/chaos/entropy\n- 6 The mind set free: spirit-sight, spirit-walking, thought-crafting\n- 7 Writing and records: the preservation of the past\n- 8 Mortal servants/disciples, with their sects, schisms, and rivalries\n- 9-12 Sized for giants, and roll 1d8 again", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--sites", "title": "Sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "Pick, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d6-site", "title": "1d6 site", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1-3 lingering signs of their presence and influence (see below)\n- 4-6 A **[[38 - Rime Lords#**A ruin**|ruin]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--lingering-signs", "title": "Lingering signs", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "1d6 site" ], "body": "Pick, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d6-sign", "title": "1d6 sign", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1 **Something preserved** in ice/cold/ stasis (next column)\n- 2 **An entity, pacified** by the Rime Lords or their disciples (next column)\n- 3 Fragments of old construction (roads, stairs, walls, foundations, chimneys, etc.), built by their disciples, barely visible after centuries of wind, snow, and ice\n- 4 A **thoughtform** (next page)\n- 5 A **monument, or marker** (next page)\n- 6 A formation of **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--something-preserved", "title": "Something preserved", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "1d6 sign" ], "body": "For example:\n\n- Mortal disciples, frozen in a remote cave, mummified by dry, cold air\n- An entire valley—fields, houses, livestock, and villagers—encased in ice\n- A trove of scrolls in some dry mountain cave, chronicling the fall of the Rime Lords and the plight of their surviving disciples\n- A meadow in spring bloom, trapped in stasis, the grass and flowers never fading, never growing\n- One of the last thirteen Rime Lords, alive but in stasis, their spirit perpetuating the glacier that keeps **[[46 - The Things Below#**L'bin'bozia, Flesh-Candle, the Wax Skull, Roiling Tomb**|Y'aaw'kara]]** contained", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--an-entity-pacified", "title": "An entity, pacified", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "For example:\n\n- Some monster, encased in dark ice\n- A **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|spirit of the wild]]** or **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, itself a disciple of the Rime Lords, found meditating\n- A **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|specter]]**, compelled to perform an endless task (counting the snowflakes on a mountain, emptying a river with a thimble, etc.)\n- An **emanation** of the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|The Things Below]], terrible and powerful, held in stasis by the will of an ageless, meditating **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Dangers**|adept]]**\n- A feral **[[38 - Rime Lords#**False adept**|Rime Lord]]**, held in a stasis field and ringed by glyphs, its wolfen eyes open and hate-filled", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--thoughtform", "title": "Thoughtform", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "Objects, sensations, or vignettes of manifest will, formed of base matter or energy, like how a spirit manifests a body. Not real, but real enough.\n\n- A grand tree, growing in a lightless cave. Its bark and wood are shaped of stone, but its petals/leaves/fruits crumble to dust and water when shed.\n- A bubble of stillness on a wind-swept summit, boasting an elaborately decorated altar. The altar is flimsy as frost, dissolving if touched.\n- A chant that fills a valley, echoing endlessly from the mountainsides.\n- A spring in a low valley, the water never freezing. Drinking vessels are found at the water's edge, impossibly beautiful, but melting into water if removed.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--a-monument-or-marker-for-example", "title": "A monument, or marker For example:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- An enormous, stylized statue of a Rime Lord, carved from the mountainside\n- A vast cave, its walls plastered over, bearing a vivid painting of a Rime Lord radiating power and mortals/spirits/demons bowing before it\n- A column of dark ice, tall as a tower, embossed with symbols and glyphs\n- A 50-foot statue of a Rime Lord atop a mountain, made of pebbles held impossibly in place", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--a-ruin", "title": "A ruin", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "Pick or roll for themes [[38 - Rime Lords#**A ruin**|Rime Lords]], structure, purpose, architectural elements, and condition. Place the ruin in an appropriate terrain (see [[54 - The Whitefang Mountains|The Whitefang Mountains]] for the **[[16 - The Foothills#The Foothills|Whitefang Mountains]]**, for the **Foothills**). Populate it with **[[38 - Rime Lords#Lingering signs|lingering signs]]**, **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|artifacts]]** and/or **dangers** of the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dangers|Rime Lords]]** or the appropriate region.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d6-structure", "title": "1d6 structure", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Terraced compound of smaller buildings\n- 2 Single, block-like building\n- 3 Large, open space\n- 4 Natural cavern(s), partially worked/ carved\n- 5 Chambers dug into the stone itself\n- 6 Dome/hall/tower", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d6-purpose", "title": "1d6 purpose", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Dwelling (home, dormitory, barracks, etc.)\n- 2 Infrastructure (stepwell, aqueduct, road, bridge, etc.)\n- 3 Storage (cellar, vault, library, granary, cemetery, etc.)\n- 4 Production (workshop, kitchen, farm, abattoir, mine, etc.)\n- 5 Fortification (wall, rampart, gatehouse, tower, etc.)\n- 6 Study/practice (shrine, meditation chamber, prayer hall, training hall, etc.)\n\n*The PCs have sent a logging crew up to the Foothills, but there's trouble! I think they stumbled on a Rime Lord ruin and upset whatever dwells there. I roll on the* terrain *table and get \"ravine/gorge/gully/ canyon.\" I get a* theme *of \"mortal servants/ disciples, with their sects/schisms/rivalries.\" For* structure *I get \"chambers dug into the stone itself,\" and the purpose is \"storage (cellar, vault, library, granary, cemetery, etc.).\" It features \"elaborate decorations\" and is \"buried, submerged and/or overgrown, but mostly intact.\" I ponder and come up with this:*\n\n*A series of tombs, carved into the side of a ravine, containing the remains of a Rime Lord's mortal disciples. The lower tombs are obscured by brush and debris, but the upper tombs are still visible, their entrances carved with guardians and ice-crystal patterns. I suspect someone from the logging crew stumbled in here and upset a guardian spirit.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d6-architectural-elements", "title": "1d6 architectural elements", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Trapezoidal building(s), prominent eaves, windows on upper stories\n- 2 Elaborate decorations: geometric/ crystalline patterns, glyphs, carvings of spirits/monsters/teachers\n- 3 Walls/floors/ceilings of dark ice, perhaps in impossible shapes\n- 4 Statues formed of ice/snow/sand/ gravel, held in stasis\n- 5 Large, empty, spacious places\n- 6 Sound and light behaving strangely (endlessly echoing/reflecting, emanating from nowhere, strangely muffled/dimmed, changing/warping, etc.)\n\nMost Maker-ruins are sized for giants people two or even three times as tall as humans—but often with smaller-scale rooms, passages, and so forth for their servants.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d6-condition", "title": "1d6 condition", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1-2 Shattered and laid waste by time, war, or vandalism; mostly buried, overgrown, collapsed; its purpose unrecognizable\n- 3-4 Crumbling, largely buried, overgrown, or hidden away\n- 5 Buried, overgrown, or hidden, but mostly intact\n- 6 Fully visible and strangely well-preserved", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--dark-ice", "title": "Dark ice", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "Purplish ice, which stays cold and frozen except in the hottest furnace. The Rime Lords could form and shape it at will. Some of their disciples learned the trick, too, but the art has largely been lost.\n\nPick or roll for form and characteristic.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d12-form", "title": "1d12 form", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1-3 Fragment (chip/shard/chunk/etc.), from something larger\n- 4-5 Enigmatic shape (cube/sphere/spiral/etc.), its purpose unclear\n- 6-7 Mundane object (tool/utensil/ container/etc.), though perhaps not easily recognized as such\n- 8-9 Art or decoration (jewel/statue/ tiles/torc/amulet/ring/etc.)\n- 10-12 Construction (door/stairway/arch/ bricks/walls/etc.), likely *immobile*\n\nConsider rolling 1d6 to inform size/scale.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d12-characteristic", "title": "1d12 characteristic", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Breathtakingly beautiful\n- 2 Dims light/color in its presence\n- 3 Absorbs/baffles sound\n- 4 Exceptionally hard, roll 1d6 for degree (otherwise, hard as mundane ice)\n- 5 Presents a tangible barrier to spirits, even when unmanifest\n- 6 Pieces persist when removed, instead of melting like normal ice\n- 7-8 Roll 1d6 twice and combine\n- 9-12 Just (just) a bit of never-melting ice\n\nConsider rolling 1d6 to inform how pristine the dark ice is.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "1d12 characteristic" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "1d12 characteristic" ], "body": "- A drum, wood and stretched skin, impossibly preserved (*loud*, *fragile*)\n- A 1-inch cube of dark ice (*magical*, Value 1)\n- A 2-foot length of chain, the links made of stone-hard dark ice, bronze clasps at either end (*magical*, Value 1)\n- A thumb-sized topaz, set in bronze on a… belt (?); fills you with dread to look at it (*magical*, *terrifying*, Value 2)\n- Giant-sized robes of strange silk that's almost impossible to cut/tear; quickly frays and unravels with even minor damage (*warm*, *clumsy*, Value 2)\n- A deep, round brass bowl, strangely resonant, the outer edges adorned with sapphires (Value 3)\n- A child-sized golden statue (*immobile*, *magical*, Value 4) of a meditating Rime Lord, the head radiating cold light", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--a-column-of-ice", "title": "A column of ice", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "1d12 characteristic" ], "body": "*magical*, *immobile*\n\nAmidst a high, lonely meadow stands a pillar of dark purple ice, 12 feet tall and 2 feet thick. It rests on a circular slab of rune-etched stone, a dozen paces across, untouched by time or nature. There's a stillness to the place, a tension in the air.\n\n**Something interesting:** The runes appear to be some sort of spell, waiting to be triggered; it'd take days of study to puzzle out the command word (and you risk triggering it accidentally).\n\n**Something useful:** You can determine the command word with a few hours of study (less if you're versed in Rime Lord script).\n\nWhen you *speak the command word near the column*, the dark ice expands in a flash, encasing the stone slab and anything on it. The ice traps even spirits (manifest or not). Mortal prisoners soon perish, their souls ensnared. The dark ice never melts and resists all but the mightiest magic and blows.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--a-dark-ice-knife", "title": "A dark ice knife", "level": 3, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "1d12 characteristic" ], "body": "*hand*, *magical*, *crude*\n\nA hilt of bone, with a spike of dark ice tapering to a sharp point. The ice is hard as stone, and not especially sharp.\n\nWhen you *stab an undead entity with the knife*, ask the GM whether it is driven by obsession, hunger, and/or vengeance. If the answer is \"yes,\" then deal +1d4 damage (ignores armor), and leave the entity briefly disoriented. Should this reduce the entity to 0 HP, the dark ice knife melts away along with whatever bound the entity to this world.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--a-small-black-sphere", "title": "A small black sphere", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "1d12 characteristic", "A dark ice knife" ], "body": "*magical*, *indestructible*, *immobile* Found in or near some Rime Lord ruin, this… thing… appears to be a perfect sphere of lead, maybe 2 inches across. It hovers motionless in the air. No amount of physical force can mar it, nor move it from its relative position.\n\nWhen you *focus all your will upon the black sphere*, roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, you can slowly move the sphere with your mind, so long as you keep your attention fixed upon the task; **on a 7-9**, pick 1:\n\n- Mark a debility and move the sphere as per a 10+\n- Move the sphere, but only a few inches\n- Fling the sphere in a random vector (if it matters: d8 damage, *forceful*, *messy*)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "1d12 characteristic", "A dark ice knife" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Ice Weaving|An oversized codex]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Peacebond|A sealed cave]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A timeless vault|A timeless vault]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A length of prayer beads|A length of prayer beads]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A gold butter lamp|A beautiful scroll]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A gold butter lamp|A gold butter lamp]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "These might very well be associated with the Rime Lords or their disciples.\n\n- **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Noruba's Ice Sphere|Noruba's Ice Sphere]]**\n- **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Rune-laden Scales|Rune-laden Scales]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--tulpa", "title": "Tulpa", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "A tulpa is a constructed **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|spirit]]**, created by the powerful will of another. The Rime Lords crafted many such entities, which linger on in their creators' wake.\n\nA tulpa has the *spirit* and *construct* tags, with a move that reflects them manifesting or possessing a physical form. They are animated by more than biology (+4 HP) and usually lack vital organs (+3 HP, +1 Armor). Pick or roll a purpose, size, ability, tether, and disposition. Use these elements to inform how it manifests and behaves.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d12-purpose", "title": "1d12 purpose", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1-2 Battle/sparring/protection\n- 3-4 Companionship/advice/diplomacy/ subterfuge\n- 5-6 Labor/mundane tasks/convenience\n- 7-8 Curiosity/instruction/assistance/ practice\n- 9-10 Something obscure, or very specific\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice, combine", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d12-size", "title": "1d12 size", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Cat-sized or smaller (*tiny*)\n- 2-3 Like a human child (*small*)\n- 4-7 Human-sized\n- 8-10 Like a horse, a cart, etc. (*large*)\n- 11-12 Like an elephant, or bigger (*huge*)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d12-ability", "title": "1d12 ability", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Possession (people and/or things)\n- 2 Emotional influence/control\n- 3 Elemental manipulation (ice/wind/ water/etc.)\n- 4 Energy manipulation (light/heat/ cold/darkness/etc.)\n- 5 Invisibility/stealth/observation/ tracking\n- 6 Depths of knowledge/lore/ experience\n- 7 Mind-reading/aura-sense/ true-seeing\n- 8 Illusions/false senses/thoughtforms\n- 9 Strength/speed/prowess/mobility\n- 10 Dangerous physical attack(s)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d12-tether", "title": "1d12 tether", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1-2 *Immobile* object: unable to leave its presence\n- 3-4 Small, portable object: unable to manipulate it or leave its presence\n- 5-6 Sculpture or construct: can animate it, but cannot leave its presence\n- 7-8 Building or complex: can freely move about within, but cannot leave\n- 9-10 Place or object (roll 1d6 for size/ scale): can travel but must periodically return\n\n11-12 Roll 1d10 twice, combine", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--gingkara", "title": "Gingkara", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "*Horde*, *spirit*, *construct*, *organized* **HP** 10; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs) or 4 vs. stabbing (just bones)\n\n**Damage** bony fingers d4 (*hand*, *grabby*) **Special qualities** tethered to one specific bone\n\n**Instinct** to keep their master's house in order\n\n- ä Animate its particular skeleton\n- ä Grab on and pull them down with numbers\n- ä Reassemble themselves (regaining 1d4 HP), unless their tether is shattered\n\nSome of the simplest tulpas to create, each of these spirits is bound to a skeleton that's been stripped of flesh and intricately carved. The Rime Lords and their disciples used them as domestic servants, tending to material needs and serving as guardians when needed. Gingkara still attempt to preserve their master's homes, for what else should they do with their existence?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--khyagseng", "title": "Khyagseng", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "*Group*, *spirit*, *construct*, *resolute*, *observant*, *fierce*\n\n**HP** 13; **Armor** 2 (icy \"skin,\" lacks organs) **Damage** icy jaws and paws d8+2 with advantage (*hand*, *close*, *grabby*, *forceful*) **Special qualities** tethered to its pedestal; body made of dark ice; cold-proof\n\n**Instinct** to repel intruders\n\n- ä See through illusions and deceptions\n- ä Offer a rumbling (though polite) warning\n- ä Repair itself while on its pedestal\n\nThese tulpas inhabit dark-ice sculptures of three-eyed, stylized lions—muscular, proud, fierce—standing atop decorated pedestals. Always found in pairs, guarding doorways or thresholds. They dutifully challenge any who approach without an invitation from their master. Never mind that their masters are all long gone.\n\nSome of the grander Rime Lord ruins boast large khyagseng made of dark ice that is strong as stone (+8 HP, +1 Armor, +1 damage). These greater guardians can also unleash a thunderous roar, deafening and terrifying, likely to trigger avalanches.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--mkhalang", "title": "Mkhalang", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *huge*, *spirit*, *construct*, *cautious*, *devious*\n\n**HP** 27; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** trample d8+3 with disadvantage (*hand*, *close*) or ice-tusks d8+7 with disadvantage (*reach*, *forceful*, *messy*, *crude*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to its dome but far-ranging; perfect memory; unable to lie\n\n**Instinct** to amuse itself at the expense of others\n\n- ä Fly quickly across the skies\n- ä Manifest a mammoth-like form of freezing mist and ice (harmed only by salt, fire, heat)\n- ä Suck the strength and warmth from anyone they trample\n- ä Reveal just enough to cause trouble\n\nThe Rime Lords created these mighty spirits to act as emissaries and spies. A few still remain, tethered to the meditation-halls in which they were made but roaming the Whitefangs in search of novelty and diversion. They have grown bored in their masters' absence, and from boredom has grown a subtle cruelty.\n\nThe people of the Whitefangs treat them with respect, for they are still the emissaries of the Rime Lords. But they also know better than to trust their counsel.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--shaksa", "title": "Shaksa", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *construct*, *hoarder*, *magical*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 19; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** antler of jagged bone d10+2 (*close*, *messy*, 1 piercing) or stone hooves d8 (*hand*)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to its cemetery, can only leave to track looters/vandals\n\n**Instinct** to preserve the sanctity of the dead\n\n- ä Fill an intruder with dread\n- ä Manifest a form of bone and gravedirt (unharmed by stabbing; vulnerable to rain/running water)\n- ä Track a looter or vandal, unerringly\n\nThe Rime Lords and their disciples created shaksa to guard over cemeteries and charnel grounds. They usually watch, unseen and unmanifest.\n\nA shaksa manifests only within its cemetery, appearing as a powerful goat made of rock and soil, with a human (?) skull for a head, three eyes of floating light, and a single great antler of jagged bone. Once manifest, it can leave the cemetery in pursuit of looters or vandals. Should this form be destroyed, the spirit returns to the cemetery and cannot remanifest until the next sunset.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 3, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "Shaksa" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--entities", "title": "Entities", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "Shaksa", "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirits of the wild]]**, following the Rime Lord's teachings and/or acting as guardians\n- Spirits, beasts, and people **corrupted** by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]: encased in dark ice, bound by glyphs, and/or trapped in stasis\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Wraiths]]** of the Rime Lord's disciples, who failed to tame their body's needs and succumbed to eternal hunger\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** of the Rime Lord's disciples, who pushed themselves too far and cannot accept their failure", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "Shaksa", "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|Altitude sickness]]**\n- **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|Avalanches]]**\n- **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|Hypothermia & frostbite]]**\n- Ice: slippery, jagged, unstable, very cold\n- Pools of liquid air, so cold it burns (d8 damage, *messy*, ignores armor)\n- Pockets of frozen time, ensnaring any who enter; or fragile and holding something dangerous in place\n- **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Hazards**|Thoughtforms]]** composed of dense particulate matter on the verge of collapse or hiding some danger", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--deadly-cold", "title": "Deadly cold", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "Rime Lord ruins sometimes include areas that are much, much colder than even the surrounding mountains. Dangerously, lethally cold.\n\n- ^ä Show a warning: a subtle change in light/sound, breath or smoke condensing/freezing, hoarfrost\n- ^ä Weigh them down with frost\n- ^ä Have gear stick/freeze/break\n- ^ä Inflict **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|hypothermia & frostbite]]**, quickly and with little warning", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--adept", "title": "Adept", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "Deadly cold" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *cautious*, *cunning*, *magical* **HP** 16; **Armor** 2 (toughness, skill)\n\n**Damage** freezing touch or aura d8 (*hand* or *reach*, *area*, ignores armor)\n\n**Special qualities** cold-proof; spirit sight; no longer ages; needs little food/drink/ sleep; powerful will", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--instinct-see-below", "title": "Instinct see below", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rime Lords", "Deadly cold" ], "body": "- ä Send their mind forth into the spirit world, their bodies in stasis\n- ä Reveal a teaching/technique of the Rime Lords\n- ä 1-4 additional moves (next page)\n\nThe Rime Lords taught that the self could be perfected. That the needs and frailties of the body could be purged. That the mind could free itself of the flesh and know the unseen world of spirits and fundamental forces. That the will could conquer all. The goal was nothing short of immortality, the preservation of the perfect self.\n\nFor most of the Rime Lords' mortal disciples, these teachings did little more than strengthen the body and clear the mind. But for some—the adepts—these teachings unlocked a fragment of their masters' power.\n\nRivalries were fierce among the adepts even when the Rime Lords walked the land. When the last Rime Lords disappeared, these rivalries flourished into schisms, sects, and violent purges. Some of the adepts fell. Others went into hiding. Still others passed their knowledge on, building schools and monasteries around them.\n\nTo create an adept, start with the stats above. Pick or roll for an instinct and 1-4 moves to represent their capabilities.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d12-instinct", "title": "1d12 instinct", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1-2 To atone\n- 3-4 To avoid disruption or distraction\n- 5-6 To drive their students towards perfection\n- 7-8 To prove their superiority\n- 9-10 To tame chaos\n- 11-12 To test themselves or their students", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--1d12-move", "title": "1d12 move", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "- 1 ^ä As a spirit: animate a large mass of ice (*large*, +8 HP, +2 armor, +3 damage, *forceful*)\n- 2 ^ä As a spirit: manifest a body from snow/frost/mist (+4 HP, +1 armor, unharmed by stabbing or cutting)\n- 3 ^ä Calm/diminish/suppress the elements\n- 4 ^ä Conjure ice/dark ice (*near*, *area*, *grabby*), but lose 1d4 HP\n- 5 ^ä Craft thoughtforms from base matter/light/energy\n- 6 ^ä Create a minor tulpa (*tiny*, 8 HP, 1 armor, 1d4 damage), or a more potent one with some sacrifice\n- 7 ^ä Dismiss/suppress magic with a touch\n- 8 ^ä Exert great force with their mind (*near*, *forceful*)\n- 9 ^ä Impose a compulsion/command/ taboo upon a spirit\n- 10 ^ä Slow/stop time in an area\n- 11 ^ä Calm/suppress emotions\n- 12 ^ä Absorb intense heat/energy/ power/force unharmed", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--false-adept", "title": "False adept", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *undead*, *magical*, *devious*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 19; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs) **Damage** life-draining touch d8 (*hand*, ignores armor)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to some object; telepathic; powerful will\n\n**Instinct** to amass more followers, more power\n\n- ä Attract followers with promises of greatness, easily achieved\n- ä Eat away at someone's emotions/ memories/will\n- ä Possess a follower (or one's corpse)\n- ä Siphon a follower's lifeforce to mimic some art of the Rime Lords\n\nSome who practice the Rime Lord's teachings push themselves beyond their limits. Their bodies fail but they become ragefilled **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|specters]]** or ever-hungry **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|wraiths]]**. The Rime Lords had many techniques for dealing with such abominations.\n\nImagine, though, an adept who saw their body and their life as a resource to expend rather than a liability to overcome. One who burned health and vitality to empower their practice. One who saw vast, unused potential in those around them. Such an adept might deliberately sever their mind and spirit from their body and gather a herd of followers (victims) around them, to serve as fuel for their mighty arts.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "38-rime-lords--text", "title": "Text", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rime Lords" ], "body": "RRiimmee LLoorrddss\nRime Lord\nSolitary, large, cautious, cunning, magical, organized,\nterrifying\nHP 26; Armor 5 (potent wards, skill)\nDamage conjured ice d12+3 (any range, area, grabby,\nforceful) or heat-drain d12+1 (reach, ignores armor)\nSpecial Qualities spirit sight; telepathic; cold-proof;\nageless; no need to eat/drink/sleep/breathe; aura of\nbitter cold\nInstinct to seek perfection (in themselves, in their\nsurroundings, in others)\nä\nOverawe those in its presence\nä\nAct simultaneously in both the\nphysical and spirit worlds\nä\nImpose its mighty will on the world:\nstilling emotions, freezing time, dismissing magic,\nreshaping reality, etc.\nä\nCreate a tulpa or thoughtform\nOnly thirteen Rime Lords survive; each remains in stasis in\nsome key place of power. Their spirits are merged in an eter-\nnal dance and song, continuously weaving the dark ice glacier\nthat keeps the voice of Y’aaw’kara bound and prevents\nmadness from spreading unchecked across the world.\nPray, o mortal. Pray that they continue their vigil. Pray that\ntheir wills do not falter. Pray that no interloper is so foolish\nas to disturb them. Pray for your family,\nyour friends, and all that you know.\nPray that they do not wake.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower", "title": "The Ruined Tower", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "A long day's march from Stonetop, a wide, low hill rises from the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]**. A pile of earth and stone squats atop that hill. Metal spires reach out of the pile, piercing the sky. If you squint, you can see the rubble for what it is: a broken tower, once grand in scale, long ago brought low.\n\nEveryone from Stonetop knows about the Ruined Tower and the giant-sized tunnels beneath it. Adventuresome folks sometimes think to explore them. Most of the time, they get spooked and don't go far. But those who've delved deeper have come back with wondrous things. Or never come back at all.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--stormcatcher-s-tower", "title": "Stormcatcher's tower", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Ruined Tower" ], "body": "Before the tower fell, this was home to Stormcatcher, last (?) of the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**. The tower was like the mast of some mighty ship, catching wind and lightning, holding their power in the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Shards of the Storm Orb|Storm Orb]]**, fueling her many magics.\n\nFor centuries, Stormcatcher's tower stood betwixt the realms of the other **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**. They would trade with her, and seek her council or her aid. But though the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Makers' Roads]]** ran to her very gate, she stood apart from them all.\n\nYet she did not live alone. A bustling community grew up around her tower. Laborers, artisans, and scholars. Farmers and domestic help. Soldiers, even. Generations of families. Refugees seeking new homes. Ambassadors and outcasts from the other Makers. Seekers, misfits, and castaways from distant lands.\n\nWhen the Time of Cataclysm came when the **Stone Lords**' [[43 - Stone Lords|Stone Lords]] slaves rebelled and unleashed the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**, when the **Rime Lords**' [[38 - Rime Lords|Rime Lords]] disciples turned savage, when the **Forge Lords**' [[18 - Forge Lords|Forge Lords]] cities were buried by ash and war—Stormcatcher's tower endured. A bastion of civilization. An island of safety. A refuge.\n\nIt could not last. Cultists of **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Skittering horror**|Og'molok the Faceless Horde]]** swarmed the ramparts, driving the defenders back. Og'molok itself burst forth from below as a wave of skittering horrors.\n\nStormcatcher unleashed a mighty spell that turned the attackers into glass. But that same spell shattered the Storm Orb. It laid waste to the tower and broke a stretch of the Makers' Roads. It wrought Stormcatcher's doom.\n\nMany of the tower's residents fled through a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|portal]]** beneath the tower. But most were slaughtered by the attackers, or vitrified along with them, or caught in the Storm Orb's explosion. A slim few survivors remained and tried to rebuild, but they soon fell prey to the horrors now loose upon the world.\n\nIn the centuries since, many have tried to claim the ruin, or plunder its treasures and its secrets. But all have failed, for one reason or another.\n\nAnd the Ruined Tower remains.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-2", "title": "Lore", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--everyone-from-stonetop-knows", "title": "Everyone from Stonetop knows:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lore" ], "body": "- Where the tower is\n- About the giant-sized tunnels below\n- That some brave (foolish) folk have explored them, and found\n\nterrible and wondrous things", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--one-might-know", "title": "One might know:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Lore", "Everyone from Stonetop knows:" ], "body": "- A tale or two about folks who've explored here and what they found\n- Details about the ruins above ground, or some of the upper tunnels\n- That the tower is a ruin of the Tempest Lords\n- That it was the last of the Makers' strongholds to fall\n- That pieces of the tower can be found strewn all around the Flats\n- That the outer ruins, the tower itself, and the upper tunnels have all been heavily looted, but still yield the occasional trinket", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-3", "title": "Very few know:", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Stormcatcher's story\n- Her relationship with the other Makers\n- How exactly the tower fell\n- Reliable details about the depths\n- Anything at all about Og'molok, the Faceless Horde", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Very few know:" ], "body": "- Which one of you has braved these ruins before? What kept you from going very far?\n- What wondrous trinket back in Stonetop supposedly came from here? Who has it now, and what do they use it for?\n- What marvel is said to lie below the Ruined Tower? From whom did you hear such tales?\n- When the nightmares come and you dream of the tower's fall, are you one of the doomed defenders? Or part of the slavering horde?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Very few know:" ], "body": "- Bandits squat in the ruins, and find an artifact that makes them extra dangerous.\n- A sorcerer is raising her demonic child in the tower's depths.\n- A drunk wanderer claims to have explored the depths, but his friends didn't make it out.\n- A southern scholar plans to delve the tower and seeks local help.\n- Frequent earthquakes coincide with terrible nightmares, especially for those touched by violence. The nightmares feature the tower, its fall, or the tunnels below.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--getting-there", "title": "Getting there", "level": 2, "path": [ "Very few know:" ], "body": "To get there from Stonetop, take the West Road 3-4 hours to the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Crossroads]]**. From there, it's 5-6 hours southwest across the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]**.\n\n- It'll take at least a day each way, and a corresponding amount of supplies\n- You'll need to bring light sources (if you intend to explore the tunnels)\n- You need to watch out for **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#**Fellow travelers**|nosgalau]]** and other **[[14 - The Flats#**Dangers**|dangers]]** of the Flats\n- If there have been heavy snows, you must wait until the thaw, or…\n - You'll need snowshoes, and…\n - The way will still be grueling; you risk exhausting yourselves and/or your gear", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--areas", "title": "Areas", "level": 2, "path": [ "Very few know:" ], "body": "- **Overgrown berm**, about 15-20' tall, encircling the tower ~3/4 mile out. Huge dressed stones poke out, similar to the **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#**The village of Stonetop**|Old Wall]]**.\n- **Outer ruins** between the berm and the tower. Once a thriving town, now just a jumble of ruins mostly swallowed by the prairie.\n- **A shallow crater**, stretching ~400' from the tower's northeast edge. Grass/soil/ mud/standing water cover glassy, slaglike bedrock.\n- **The tower itself**: ~300' across. Northeast third is mostly rubble, but to the south and west a few floors remain, with walls ~200' tall.\n- **The upper tunnels** start ~100' below the surface. Heavily looted, very haunted, mostly maintained by a ghostly Forge Lord and his **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Patchwork construct**|patchwork constructs]]**.\n- **The depths** are even further down, a warren of chambers, halls, stairs, chutes, and burrows, all in various states of repair. Full of infrastructure, artifacts, experiments, prisons, and vitrified horrors.\n\nouter ruins", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-4", "title": "Aboveground", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The Ruined Tower sits atop a wide, low, lightly wooded hill. From a distance, it's just a landmark. As one gets closer, it becomes clear just how massive the tower once was.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--anywhere", "title": "Anywhere", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "- Southerly wind, ever-blowing\n- Squeak and shriek of metal spires when the wind picks up\n- Metallic barks and chirps from high up, the snap of a metal cable\n- The looming scale of the thing, big as the landscape, hard to take in\n- Smell of ozone, even on a clear day\n- A fluting warble; a mocking laugh, a flash of bright blue feathers", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--outer-ruins", "title": "Outer ruins", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aboveground", "Anywhere" ], "body": "- Piles of earth dotting the land, tufts of grass and brush growing on them\n- The uneven, rugged terrain, making it so you can never catch your stride\n- Occasional bits of broken pottery or metal, centuries-old, just lying there, turned up from the dirt", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--inside-a-building-or-the-tower", "title": "Inside a building or the tower", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aboveground", "Anywhere" ], "body": "- Cave-like darkness, coolness, and stillness as they step inside\n- Faded mosaics/carvings, obscured by time, vandalism, erosion, lichen\n- Dim sunbeams, full of floating dust\n- Wind whistling in through cracks in walls/ceilings; water dripping through those cracks in the rain", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aboveground", "Anywhere" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "- 1 Barren patch of sand/dust/glass\n- 2 Mud/standing water/deep snow\n- 3 Ditch, gully, or embankment; the outline of buried ruins\n- 4 Exposed wall(s), crumbling and covered in moss/lichen\n- 5-6 Stretch of grass, 1d6+2 feet tall\n- 7 Shrubs, thicket, tree(s)—maybe even **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Dool trees|dool trees]]**\n- 8 Huge stone slab, partly buried; a fallen piece of the tower\n- 9-10 Pile of dirt/stone and a nearby pit; an excavation or burrow\n- 11-12 building (see below), at least somewhat intact", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--1d12-building", "title": "1d12 building", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "- 1-8 From before the tower's fall; pick or roll for its purpose\n- 9-11 Built after the tower's fall; pick or roll for its purpose\n- 12 A **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow|barrow]]** roll 1d8 for size)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--1d12-purpose", "title": "1d12 purpose", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "- 1-2 Home/barracks/living space\n- 3-4 Kitchen/laundry/bath/latrine\n- 5-6 Gathering/meetings/civic life\n- 7-8 Storage/cellar/stable/tomb\n- 9-10 Work/production/creation\n- 11-12 Esoterica/experimentation", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--the-tower-itself", "title": "The Tower itself", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "The base of the tower is ~300' across; rubble and piled-up soil spread out even farther. The south and west sections still stand tall, rising ~200' from the hilltop.\n\n**Spires:** Four **metal spires** support the tower's walls, one at each cardinal direction: massive, rusted, straining towards the sky. The south and west spires each stretch another 200' or so above the walls (~400' tall total). A length of cable dangles from the tip of the south spire.\n\n**Rubble:** The **northeast third** of the tower is just rubble, thick walls, and soil piled ~30' high, topped with grass and shrubs. The rubble is riddled with trenches, pits, old excavations, buried rooms, burrows.\n\n**Ground floor:** The **south and west thirds** of the tower are intact at ground level, containing huge vaulted chambers (~40' ceilings), including:\n\n- A **parlor** with tall narrow windows. Stylized friezes (faded, vandalized, full of bird nests) show scenes of the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lord]]** empire.\n- The **baths**, a deep pool full of vile, stagnant water. The walls are busted open, the pipes looted.\n- The **great hall**, mostly intact, with a giant stone table. The ceiling is enchanted to show the night sky.\n\nHuman-scale servant passages/rooms parallel the larger chambers and halls.\n\n**Inlays:** Rooms inside the tower once had **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Ancient wonders**|aetherium inlays]]** all along their walls and ceilings, but those were gouged away long ago by looters and **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|thunder drakes]]**.\n\n**Main stairwell:** A **circular shaft** at the tower's center, 30' wide. Goes up to the second floor, down ~100' to the upper tunnels. Human-scale stairs spiral along the outer wall, far too small for Makers. Did they *fly*?\n\n**Upper floors:** The **second floor** is ~50' up and partly open to the sky, covering the southwest half of the tower. Accessible via the stairwell, holes in ceilings, or climbing the outer walls. A few intact rooms remain, where **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Dangers|blue magpies]]** stash shinies and build elaborate mosaics.\n\nThe **third and fourth floors** are another 40' up each, accessible only via tricky climbs. Unstable, with only a few \"rooms,\" all of which are at least partly open to the air. Magpie nests abound.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--creating-rooms", "title": "Creating rooms", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "For any specific room that you establish, pick or roll for a purpose (previous page) and combine it with a Tempest Lord theme [[45 - Tempest Lords#**A ruin**|Tempest Lords]].\n\nImagine the room before the fall. Now, how was it affected by the attack? By the Storm Orb exploding? By centuries of looting, vandalism, weathering, and neglect? Who or what has lived here since? What details remains to tell this story? What **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#1d6 discovery|discoveries]]** are waiting to be found?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aboveground", "Creating rooms" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "- 1 Change of terrain [[39 - The Ruined Tower#**1d6** discovery|The Ruined Tower]] and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 remnants of the past (see below)\n- 4 An encounter (next column)\n- 5 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**, growing among the ruins\n- 6 Something valuable (next column)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--1d6-remnants-of-the-past", "title": "1d6 remnants of the past", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "- 1 Exposed stonework, marred by cataclysmic violence (melted, shattered, etc.)\n- 2 Bits of ancient daily life (pots, tools, utensils, etc.), probably broken, possibly giant-sized\n- 3 Signs of squatters/explorers: bones, litter, graffiti, excavation, crude construction, etc.\n- 4 **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Shards of the Storm Orb|Vitrified remains]]**\n- 5 Ancient writing or artwork, faded/ obscured but still legible (*immobile*, *fragile*, Value 0-2)\n- 6 A building/room, undisturbed for centuries, with treasure! [[39 - The Ruined Tower#1d6 discovery|1d6]]) you'd otherwise find only in the depths", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--1d6-encounter", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "- 1 A **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Shade**|pyped]]**, hiding from the sun or out at night, digging old bones to sup on the marrow\n- 2 **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Dangers|Blue magpies]]**, digging for shinies, foraging, or gossiping, maybe mocking/pranking the PCs\n- 3 Critter(s)—fox, skunk, stoat, hares, prairie dogs, starlings, vultures, etc. —curious, annoying, maybe just cute\n- 4 Larger animal(s)—deer, a ground sloth, wild sheep, maybe some **[[14 - The Flats#Aurochs|aurochs]]**—grazing near the ruins\n- 5 Someone else, exploring/making camp, wary but not hostile: some **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**, **adventurers** and an **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Dangers**|antiquarian]]**, **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|cultists]]**, a **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|sorcerer]]**, etc.\n- 6 A hidden entrance to the upper tunnels or the even the depths (a caved-in ceiling, a burrow, a chute, a secret door, etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--1d6-valuable", "title": "1d6 valuable", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "- 1 Big bits of metal (Value 1): melted/cracked/corroded/rusted\n- 2 A gold ingot (Value 2), once jewelry, fused into a lump\n- 3 A piece of **[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]**, overlooked by prior looters\n- 4 A **shard of the Storm Orb** (next page)\n- 5 A **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A half-buried plaque|half-buried plaque]]**, or some other **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Artifacts**|artifact]]** of the Tempest Lords.\n- 6 An **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Artifacts**|artifact]]** of the Barrow Builders, evidence that they were here, too", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--shards-of-the-storm-orb", "title": "Shards of the Storm Orb", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "It was a filigree sphere of aetherium [[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|Tempest Lords]], maybe 50' across. It floated near the tower, a battery and a focus for tremendous elemental power.\n\nStormcatcher's final spell caused the Orb to explode. Shards were flung across the Flats [[14 - The Flats#The Flats|The Flats]], into the tower itself, and deep into the soil-to someday be unearthed by erosion, earthquakes, or burrowing beasts.\n\nIf the PCs encounter a shard, pick or roll for its size and signs .\n\n| 1d6 | size |\n|-------|----------------------------|\n| 1 | Small (Value 0) |\n| 2 | (Value 1) |\n| 3-4 | (Value 2) |\n| 5 | ( cumbersome , Value 2) |\n| 6 | Immobile (Value 3 or more) |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--1d6-signs", "title": "1d6 signs", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "- 1 Hums/whines, painfully loud to those who can sense spirits\n- 2 Vibrations make odd patterns in soil, prevent growth\n- 3 Floats in a pocket of air, loosely covered by rock/soil\n- 4 Makes skin tingle, hair stand up\n- 5 Nearby soil/stone is blue-white, plants/lichen glow\n- 6 Roll twice\n\nShards of the Storm Orb are unstable aetherium ( magical , dangerous ). If damaged or overloaded, they might explode or violently discharge energy. But they are also etched with arcane runes. Find a big enough piece, or assemble enough smaller ones, and you might unlock some of the Tempest Lords' secrets.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--vitrified-remains", "title": "Vitrified remains", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "Stormcatcher's last spell turned anyone it touched into lumps of jagged glass. It was directed at Og'molok [[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Skittering horror**|The Ruined Tower]] and the skittering horrors [[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Patchwork construct**|The Ruined Tower]], but many of the attacking cultists were caught by the spell as well. So were some of the tower's residents.\n\nAbove ground, vitrified remains are mostly people (attackers or residents), with a few domesticated animals. Most are jagged lumps of black-grey glass, only vaguely recognizable as what they once were, and/ or broken by time or vandalism. These are covered in sharp edges (1d6 damage, messy , 1 piercing).\n\nA few of these vitrified remains, though, are perfect glass statues, the fear or frenzy of their final moments frozen on their faces ( immobile , fragile , V alue 3 to the right buyer).\n\nVitrification [[45 - Tempest Lords#Vitrification|Tempest Lords]] can be reversed, but it's up to you to decide how.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Aboveground" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 3, "path": [ "Aboveground", "Dangers" ], "body": "- Old construction, giving way under foot or collapsing on someone\n- A difficult climb or some missing stairs, a reason to risk it\n- Earthquakes and tremors\n- Hidden holes/burrows, twisting an ankle or worse\n- Nasty weather: heat, cold, wind, sleet, hail, rain, snow, thunder (not so much lightning, as the spires draw it all)\n- **[[14 - The Flats#**Dangers**|Prairie fire]]** among the outer ruins\n- Unstable spells, **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]**, **[[43 - Stone Lords#Perilous stone|perilous stone]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--monsters-and-such", "title": "Monsters and such", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aboveground", "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "- The **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#**Fellow travelers**|nosgalau]]**, at night\n- **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|Thunder drakes]]**, digging for metal, especially aetherium\n- Any of the other beasts of the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]**\n- An encampment of **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**, **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Horned drake**|bandits]]**, **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|cultists]]**, etc.\n- Looters/explorers: **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Dangers**|adventurers]]**, an **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Dangers**|antiquarian]]**, a **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]**, a **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|sorcerer]]**, etc.\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]** of those who died when the tower fell, or from some later misadventure\n- A **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Shade**|pyped]]**, digging up old bones where they can", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--blue-magpie", "title": "Blue magpie", "level": 4, "path": [ "Aboveground", "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "*Horde*, *tiny*, *devious*, *organized*,\n\n*hoarder*, *magical*\n\n**HP** 1; **Armor** 1 (size)\n\n**Damage** peck d4-2 w/disadvantage (hand) **Special qualities** smart as a child (at least); can speak Tempest Lord (understood by all)\n\n**Instinct** to amuse/impress its friends\n\n- ä Pretend to be just a dumb bird\n- ä Mimic sounds or voices\n- ä Mock or trick someone\n- ä Steal something\n- ä Vanish with a hrummm and reappear nearby (*reload*)\n\nLike big crows with white-and-azure plumage. Their songs are piping and musical, playful and complex, sprinkled with actual voices and other unlikely sounds. A few dozen of them nest in the tower and the surrounding ruins. Smaller mischiefs nest in the Flats.\n\nStormcatcher kept blue magpies as pets, and their descendants have passed down much oral lore. Sneak up on them, and you might overhear magpies telling each other tales that southern scholars would kill to know.\n\nMagpies find humans boorish, but fun to mess with, and they have such neat stuff. They love shiny objects, especially glass and fragments of larger things, and spend years making elaborate mosaics or piecing puzzles together.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-5", "title": "Belowground", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Most of the rooms and halls below the tower are spacious, vaulted to ~30'. Doorways are ~25' tall and mostly ~10' wide. There are a few human-scale rooms, but not many.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--impressions-2", "title": "Impressions", "level": 3, "path": [ "Belowground" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--throughout", "title": "Throughout", "level": 4, "path": [ "Belowground", "Impressions" ], "body": "- A sense of smallness, of being swallowed by the dark\n- Walls and ceilings beyond the limit of your light\n- Distant sounds: dripping, rattling clanging, moaning (?), footfalls, skittering\n- The thought of all that stone and earth above you", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--the-upper-tunnels", "title": "The upper tunnels", "level": 4, "path": [ "Belowground", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Surprisingly little dust, mud, debris\n- Paths worn smooth, as from the tread of countless feet\n- Faded gouges in flagstones, like heavy, sharp things were dragged across them, long long ago\n- Carefully stacked rubble, plugging holes in walls, blocking off passages\n- The sense that you're not alone, that you're being watched", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--the-depths", "title": "The depths", "level": 4, "path": [ "Belowground", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Kicked-up dust, catching in your throat, making eyes water\n- The looming menace of a vitrified horror, the skip in your heart before you realize it's just dead glass\n- A thrum or whine, felt in your gut, your teeth, the back of your eyes\n- Wait, haven't we been here before?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--aetherium-inlays", "title": "Aetherium inlays", "level": 4, "path": [ "Belowground", "Impressions" ], "body": "The four **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**1d12** feature|metal spires]]** extend down through the bedrock. They run through a number of underground rooms and passages, as freestanding pillars or embedded in walls.\n\nMost rooms in and below the tower bear **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]** inlays, spreading out from the metal spires. The inlays distribute power and anchor certain spells. Or at least, they used to.\n\nThe aetherium has been stripped from most of the upper tunnels, either carefully salvaged by **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Patchwork construct**|patchwork constructs]]** or gouged out by looters. More inlays survive in the depths, but even there, many have been marred by **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Various entities**|star-moles]]** or the claws of **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Patchwork construct**|skittering horrors]]**, or burnt out and reduced to crumbly chalk.\n\nWhere intact, inlays glow and pulse in response to winds above ground. When lightning strikes a spire, the aetherium flashes a bright blue-white. Some inlays are stable, but others are erratic and prone to discharge (1d8 damage, *forceful*, maybe *loud*).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--sites", "title": "Sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Belowground" ], "body": "- **Central chamber** at the base of the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**1d12** feature|main stairwell]]**. Big, wellkept, drains in floor, multiple exits.\n- **Forge** and nearby rooms, haunted by **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Various entities**|Ferocedes]]**, packed with tools/parts and constructs in various states of repair.\n- **Aetherium crucible**, near the forge. Dusty, unused, broken beyond Ferocedes's ability to fix with what's currently available to him.\n- **Barracks** for soldiers who guarded the **Portal** (next column). Haunted by evacuees who hid and died there.\n- **Latrine** near the barracks, with rattling, moaning, clanging pipes and still-working (!) showers.\n- **Large chamber**, out of the way, the entrance blocked by piled stones. Packed full of vitrified horrors by Ferocedes's constructs.\n- **Frozen room**, a chokepoint filled with **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**, encasing dozens of **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Patchwork construct**|skittering horrors]]** and an **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]** who served as Stormcatcher's steward.\n- **Oubliette**, a dead-end hall with multiple cells/vaults. Each holds or held a dangerous artifact or entity in stasis. Some are torn open. The rest are guarded by wards, devices, constructs, magic.\n- **Bottommost chamber**, 400' across, partly flooded. Holds the feet of all four spires, a massive toroidal coil, hundreds of **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Ancient wonders|vitrified horrors]]**), and the trapped manifestation of **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Skittering horror**|Og'molok, the Faceless Horde]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--the-portal", "title": "The Portal", "level": 2, "path": [ "Belowground" ], "body": "In the upper tunnels, one can find a pair of double-doors: locked and warded, barricaded from within, with countless gouges clawed across their surface.\n\nBeyond those doors: an austere room with a dozen vitrified people, blown-out **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Ancient wonders|lightning sconces]]**, a makerglass window to the next room, and yet another locked door.\n\nBeyond that: a once-stately sitting room (the furniture used for the barricade), a few more vitrified evacuees. Another door, this one ajar.\n\nOne last room. The far wall is a solid white slab, etched with a magic circle. It's a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|portal]]**, connected to those in the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]]**, **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#Three Coven Lake|Three Coven Lake]]**, **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**, and so forth. It is fully functional, and can be used via **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A time-worn missive|Opening the Way]]**.\n\nLayers of wards are etched in the floor, directed towards the portal, guarding against things coming out.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--rooms-passages", "title": "Rooms & passages", "level": 4, "path": [ "Belowground", "The Portal" ], "body": "When you need to describe a room or passage, pick a shape and one or more features, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-6", "title": "1d12 shape", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "| 1-3 | Hallway, relatively narrow |\n|-----|---------------------------------|\n| 4-5 | Square/rectangle/block |\n| 6-7 | Intersection |\n| 8 | Round/sphere/dome/bowl |\n| 9 | Hexagon/octagon/etc. |\n| 10 | Irregular (L-shape, blob, etc.) |\n| | |\n\n11-12 Cluster: roll d10, 1d4+1 times", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-7", "title": "1d12 feature", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Obstruction: locked door, rubble, cave-in, barricade, many **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Dangers**|vitrified horrors]]**, etc.\n- 2 Fungus/lichen/slime/vermin\n- 3 Drips/leaks/mud/standing water\n- 4 Pipes, valves, pumps\n- 5 Human-scale construction\n- 6 Stairs/ramp/chute/platforms\n- 7 Grandiose scale, a massive room\n- 8 Unplanned exit/passage (burrow, collapsed construction, etc.)\n- 9 Extensive and/or notably intact **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Ancient wonders**|aetherium inlays]]**; perhaps a metal pillar (one of the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**1d12** feature|four spires]]**)\n- 10 A wonder (see below)\n- 11 Roll 1d10 twice\n- 12 Roll 1d10 three times\n\nConsider rolling 1d6 for the scope or condition of any room/passage/feature. Fill it with **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Discoveries**|discoveries]]** and/or **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Dangers**|dangers]]** as you see fit.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--wonders", "title": "Wonders", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 feature" ], "body": "Stormcatcher kept many experiments, curiosities, and dangerous phenomena. Pick 1, roll 1d12, or make up your own.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-8", "title": "1d12 wonder", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 A fountain, its hidden pumps powered by aetherium.\n- 2 Nexus of pipes, pumps, boilers. By a stairwell, kept up by **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Patchwork construct**|patchwork constructs]]**.\n- 3 Deep pit, smooth walls, a **[[11 - The Dread River#**Luglfsk**|jellied horror]]** trapped below. Used as a midden pit.\n- 4 A huge stone slab, with fittings that make hot, steady flame on demand.\n- 5 Room full of plants (*exotic*, *useful*, *valuable*, *dangerous*). Lit by a makerglass sun, watered by pipes, tended by a fertility spirit.\n- 6 Huge orrery. Bits are melted, fused, burnt out; \"stars\" stuck in a potent cosmic alignment.\n- 7 Knee-high dust, shapes itself into whatever an occupant thinks of. Crumbles if removed from room.\n- 8 Freestanding arch. Pass through and you vanish. Exit ~5 seconds later, seems instantaneous to you.\n- 9 Tight-packed aetherium inlays. Hazy images show what anyone in the room is about to do.\n- 10 Sliding tiles in walls/ceiling/floor change gravity's direction and/or intensity in the room.\n- 11 Airless room with small floating black sphere, annihilates any matter it touches.\n- 12 Black lightning crackles between two prongs, ~3' apart. Fine glass dust all around. A **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Vitrification|vitrifying bolt]]**, just barely contained.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--discoveries-2", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 wonder" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-9", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 2-3 A vignette of the fall of the tower (see below): a vitrified tableau, remains, physical evidence, psychic imprints, writing, etc.\n- 4 An encounter (next column)\n- 5 An opportunity (next page)\n- 6 treasure! (next page)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-10", "title": "1d6 vignette of the fall", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 A wanton slaughter\n- 2 A desperate flight\n- 3 A game of cat and mouse\n- 4 A grim last stand\n- 5 A heroic sacrifice\n- 6 A cruel betrayal", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-11", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 A dangerous entity: imprisoned, bound, in stasis\n- 2 A **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Shade**|pyped]]**, trawling the depths for bones to sup on\n- 3 The **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghost]]** of someone who died in the attack, still running, trying to escape\n- 4 **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Various entities**|Star-moles]]**: digging, foraging, or being hunted\n- 5 Uncanny fungus/lichen/vermin (glowing, humming, feeding on ghosts, etc.), maybe dangerous but not outright hostile\n- 6 A **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Patchwork construct**|patchwork construct]]**, on some task for Ferocedes", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--1d6-opportunity", "title": "1d6 opportunity", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 encounter" ], "body": "- 1 Something **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Various entities**|Ferocedes]]** would want: a construct's **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Patchwork construct**|core]]**, a part for the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#AETHERIUM CRUCIBLE|aetherium crucible]]**, etc.\n- 2 A map/path to a place they seek\n- 3 A hidden door/room/passage (secret, buried, or obscured)\n- 4 A good/safe place to rest\n- 5 Lore about the portal: a **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A time-worn missive|time-worn missive]]**, sigils of other portals, a treatise on the axiom of local contagion, etc.\n- 6 A key (or similar), a way to bypass an obstacle elsewhere", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--1d6-treasure", "title": "1d6 treasure!", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 encounter" ], "body": "- 1 Cache of metal ingots, tools, parts, etc. (*immobile*, Value 2 or 3)\n- 2 Some… (roll 1d6 or pick)\n - 1 …**[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**\n - 2 …**[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]**\n - 3 …**[[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|orichalcum]]**\n - 4 …**[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]**\n - 5-6 …**[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]**\n- 3-4 An artifact of the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**\n- 5 An artifact from another group of **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**: a gift, a trophy, an object of study, or a danger locked away\n- 6 An artifact of **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|primordial power]]** or the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**, kept for study and/or safekeeping", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-12", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-13", "title": "The environment", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Getting lost in the maze of tunnels\n- Torches running low, time passing faster than you think\n- **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Dangers**|Unstable construction]]**, caused by cataclysm, time, earthquakes, excavation, star-moles\n- Open stairwells, worn-smooth stairs, a lack of railings, a nasty fall\n- The exhausting trudge back up hundreds of stairs\n- Floors wet from rain, snow melt, or leaky pipes, slick and/or muddy\n- Weird growths/bugs: filling the air, shrieking if disturbed, absorbing raw power, spitting it back out\n- Earthquakes or tremors, even worse down here than up above", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--ancient-wonders", "title": "Ancient wonders", "level": 4, "path": [ "The environment" ], "body": "- Damaged **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Ancient wonders**|aetherium inlays]]**, erratic and unstable (1d8 damage, *forceful*, maybe *loud*)\n- Pressurized pipes, spewing steam or scalding water if ruptured (1d8 damage, *area*)\n- Metal bulkheads, rigged to drop and contain runaway spells/experiments/ prisoners\n- Raw chemics, neatly stowed, spilled, seeping\n- Machines, running erratically, fully able to rend flesh and bone\n- Broken laws of reality, and whatever that does to mind/body/soul\n- **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Storm-cloud potion**|Radiation]]**, hopefully contained, probably not\n- **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Smoke, fire, and heat**|Smoke, fire, and heat]]** in the haunted forge\n- **[[43 - Stone Lords#Perilous stone|Perilous stone]]**: stolen, imported, borrowed, replicated", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--corruption-as-one-goes-deeper", "title": "Corruption, as one goes deeper", "level": 2, "path": [ "The environment" ], "body": "- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|Disquiet and unease]]**, especially near masses of vitrified horrors\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|Whispers and visions]]**, coming from the horrors, or from below, or from everywhere at once\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**On a 6-**, pick 1:|Unnatural phenomena]]**, as one approaches the bottommost chamber and what remains of **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Skittering horror**|Og'molok]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-14", "title": "Vitrified horrors", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Patchwork construct**|Skittering horrors]]**, fused into black, jagged glass by Stormcatcher's last spell. There are more and more as you go deeper. In some places, they clog stairs or passages, making it difficult to squeeze by without your gear or your flesh getting shredded (1d4 to 1d8 damage, *messy*, 1 piercing).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--lightning-sconce", "title": "Lightning sconce", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vitrified horrors" ], "body": "*Magical*, *construct*, *immobile*\n\n**HP** 1; **Armor** 4 (tiny, metal fittings, made of crystal)\n\n**Damage** lightning 1d6+2 (*near*, *forceful*, *reload*, ignores armor)\n\nA glowing gem, set in a fixture of aetherium. Found in pairs, or sets of up to six. Each set is keyed to something (a pass phrase, a hand signal, a color of robes, a style of locket, etc.). Get too close without the key, and *zzzolt*, they start blasting.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--various-entities", "title": "Various entities", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vitrified horrors" ], "body": "- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]** of looters or residents\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Shade**|Pypeds]]** seeking bones\n- **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Metal constructs**|Metal constructs]]**, lost to Ferocedes, or else greatly prized\n- **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Vitrification|Elemental vortices]]**, guarding something\n- **Cultists**, a **thrall**, and/or a **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|sorcerer]]**, eking out a life\n- A **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Deathless ones**|deathless one]]**, here to claim the tower's secrets, now trapped\n- An **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|archon]]** or **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**, bound and possibly put to use.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--star-mole", "title": "Star-mole", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vitrified horrors" ], "body": "*Horde*, *cautious*, *devious*, *organized*, *hardy*\n\n**HP** 7; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** caustic spit or blood d6 w/disadvantage (*hand*, *close*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** blind; tremorsense; bioluminescent\n\n**Instinct** to lure predators into traps\n\n- ä Soften stone with its spit, then dig through it\n- ä Spurt caustic blood when hurt\n- ä Scamper away, hide, act as bait\n- ä Trigger a collapse or cave-in\n\nBig, naked mole-rats, like 5' long, with saggy skin, glowing freckles, and clusters of wriggling feelers on their noses. They eat vermin and fungus that grow near leaking pipes. They also tunnel through bedrock, collapse passages, and expose sealed-off rooms.\n\nEvery so often, they wake a **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Patchwork construct**|skittering horror]]** from its torpor. This spells doom for the colony, unless they can trap it or cut off access to the nest. They'll treat the PCs as a similar threat.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--ferocedes-ogran-ghostly-forge-lord", "title": "Ferocedes Ogran, ghostly Forge Lord", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vitrified horrors" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *spirit*, *undead*, *magical*, *organized*, *obsessive*, *absentminded*\n\n**HP** 23; **Armor** 4 (metal, amorphous) **Damage** pummel d12+3 (*close*, *reach*, *forceful*) or barrage of metal d10+1 (*near*, *area*, *messy*, *forceful*, *reload*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to his forge, and can't venture far from it; speaks Tempest Lord (understood by all)\n\n**Instinct** to preserve/restore the tower, to ignore harsh truths\n\n- ä Manifest a cloud of ember and ash, a voice of crackling flame\n- ä Ask what they've brought him, if that one task is done yet, etc.\n- ä Fail to understand their speech\n- ä Grow annoyed, angry, violent\n- ä Manipulate metal, telekinetically\n- ä Repair metal, or shape it anew\n- ä Animate a body formed of metal tools, parts, and scrap\n\nIn life, he was a brilliant but awkward Maker. Rivals sabotaged him, and he left his people in shame. Stormcatcher took him in, trusted him, gave him purpose and for that, Ferocedes was rabidly loyal. Loyal unto death, and beyond.\n\nHe died without noticing it. He had no time to treat the wounds he had suffered. Stormcatcher needed his skills. Needed his creations. Needed him.\n\nSo Ferocedes was already a ghost when Stormcatcher cast her final spell. And in the centuries since, he has fixated on his task: to reclaim, rebuild, and repair, little by little, with what tools he has, and preserve the memory of his friend.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--patchwork-construct", "title": "Patchwork construct", "level": 3, "path": [ "Vitrified horrors", "Ferocedes Ogran, ghostly Forge Lord" ], "body": "*Group*, *construct*, *cautious*\n\n**HP** 14; **Armor** 3 (metal)\n\n**Damage** tool at hand d8 (*hand* or *close*) **Special qualities** must recharge every few days; dog-like intellect; blind; tremorsense\n\n**Instinct** to complete its given task\n\n- ä Size up an obstacle or task\n- ä Reveal/use a tool, feature, or attachment for its current task\n- ä Plod away, raise the alarm\n\nFerocedes once had dozens of constructs to defend and maintain the tower. But the years have not been kind. Only ten or so remain, and one or two are usually offline for modifications or repairs.\n\nEach one has an aetherium core (*magical*, *fragile*, Value 2 to the right buyer). Ferocedes can repair minor damage to a core, and/or install it in a new body, but he can't make new ones without the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#AETHERIUM CRUCIBLE|aetherium crucible]]**.\n\nEach construct is generally humanoid, though most lack a \"head\" and all are made of mismatched parts. Pick or roll a current task for each. Consider picking or rolling for an attribute [[18 - Forge Lords#**Metal constructs**|Forge Lords]] and adjusting its stat block accordingly.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower-15", "title": "1d6 current task", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Patrolling/guarding/defending\n- 2 Masonry/repairing walls\n- 3 Plumbing/other delicate work\n- 4 Sweeping/cleaning/pest control\n- 5 Hauling/storing/reorganizing\n- 6 Seeking/retrieving/inspecting", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--skittering-horror", "title": "Skittering horror", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 current task" ], "body": "*Horde*, *emanation*, *terrifying*, *sadistic*, *aggressive*\n\n**HP** 7; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. bronze **Damage** scythe-like limbs d6+2 w/advantage (*hand*, *close*, messy, 2 piercing except vs. bronze)\n\n**Special qualities** spider-climb; blind; senses life (heat, heartbeats, breathing, movement, etc.); disoriented by intense noise/heat\n\n**Instinct** to hurt, terrorize, kill\n\n- ä Investigate sounds/signs of life\n- ä Chitter, trill, loudly drone\n- ä Call others to the hunt\n- ä Attack with shocking fury\n- ä Savage a fallen foe\n\n6 feet long, with segmented bodies and too many legs. Scythe-like forelimbs. Feathery antennae that caress the air and quiver when they sense prey. No eyes, just red crystal pulsing within its skull. No mouth, for it never eats and lives on hate and malice.\n\nEach is a manifestation of Og'molok's cruel will. Born of blood, given shape, sent skittering up to slaughter. And slaughter they did, until Stormcatcher's final spell turned them all into jagged lumps of glass.\n\nOr, almost all of them. A few dozen avoided the vitrifying spell. They linger on, in a state of torpor until they sense a living, feeling being. Then they wake. Then they hunt. Then they slaughter once more.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "39-the-ruined-tower--og-molok-the-faceless-horde-threat-magical-entity", "title": "Og'molok, the Faceless Horde Threat (magical entity)", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 current task" ], "body": "**Instinct** to revel in slaughter, pain, and terror\n\n**Themes** cruelty/torture/violence and destruction/chaos/ruin\n\n- ä Send terrible dreams/visions to those touched by violence\n- ä Urge bloodshed, cruelty, rage\n- ä Shake the earth in a fit\n\nIn the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Og'molok, the Faceless Horde** Threat (*magical entity*)|bottommost chamber]]** of the Ruined Tower is a cone of jagged black glass, a pile of vitrified horrors that reaches almost to the ceiling. This is where Og'molok burst into the world as a fountain of blood, coalescing into a skittering swarm. This is where it met its doom, fused into a pillar of **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|red crystal]]**, encased in a pile of slag.\n\nOg'molok, of course, is not truly dead. Just bound, neutered, diminished. It still corrupts the lowest levels beneath the tower, still calls to those who might hear. It is trapped, and it cannot escape. Not yet. Not without help.\n\nl Someone sets out to free it l They learn how to release it from its **vitrified** state (see [[45 - Tempest Lords#Vitrification|Tempest Lords]]) l They acquire what they need l They begin the process l **Impending doom**: Og'molok and its swarm are loosed upon the world", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch", "title": "South Manmarch", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "If you descend from the **[[42 - The Steplands#The Steplands|Steplands]]** to the southeast, you'll find yourself on a rolling prairie. The ground slopes gently down toward the east, to the banks of the **[[11 - The Dread River#The Dread River|Dread River]]**.\n\nTravelers and merchants aplenty cross these plains. They come north, from **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Lygos and the South|Lygos and the civilized south]]**, heading north to the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Highway]]** and from there to **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**. Or they head the other way, bearing herbs and textiles, metals and gems, back to the southern cities. Or they come from beyond the Highway, from the **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|North Manmarch]]**, to hunt or trade or raid.\n\nBut for all those who pass through the South Manmarch, few call it home. Sure, the **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** graze their herds here in the warmer months. And some new settlement is always popping up. But the land is dotted with burnt-out homesteads and ruined forts: a mute testament to those who have tried to settle here before. Tried, and failed.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 3, "path": [ "South Manmarch" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--always", "title": "Always", "level": 4, "path": [ "South Manmarch", "Impressions" ], "body": "- The eternal, unresponsive sky\n- Shallow, rocky soil broken by outcrops of white limestone and gray shale\n- Smoke from a lone homestead, overlooking a watercourse\n- A stream or dry gully, winding lazily down toward the Dread River\n- An abandoned, collapsed longhouse\n- A Hillfolk horseband, watching from higher ground", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch-2", "title": "Spring", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- A mottled carpet of new grass and wildflowers—yellow, pale green, lilac\n- Pocket wetlands, home to nesting ducks recently returned from the south\n- A great cloud of birds, bursting forth from the brush", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch-3", "title": "Summer", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Squinting into a blinding sky\n- The fervid and unrelenting chorus of summer insects, shifting in tone and rhythm with time of day\n- Tallgrass in full flush, waist-high and rippling in a southerly wind.\n- A mob of white-tailed deer or mighty elk, grazing on a long slope", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--autumn", "title": "Autumn", "level": 3, "path": [ "Summer" ], "body": "- Grassheads gone rust-colored, stalks still green\n- A streamside stand of cottonwoods, glowing gold in the dusk light", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Summer" ], "body": "- Days of scouring, southwesterly wind\n- Powdery snowdrifts, stretching leeward from ripples in the landscape\n- Patches of dead grass, showing orange through the snow", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--a-long-disputed-land", "title": "A long-disputed land", "level": 2, "path": [ "Summer" ], "body": "Before the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Cataclysm]]** the Dread River formed the eastern border of **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lord]]** territory. After the Stone Lords fell, the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]** fought each other back and forth across this expanse, grinding themselves down, like shards of shale abraded to dust over time.\n\nNow, the South Manmarch is the border between the civilized south and the hinterlands of the World's End. It's a lawless place, full of dangerous beasts and even more dangerous people. Nomadic Hillfolk claim much of the region, and **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Horned drake**|bandits]]** are a constant threat.\n\nAnd yet, the lure of the prairie is great. Every year or so, someone tries to carve out a piece of for themselves. A new settlement might be:\n\n- A family from Marshedge or the North Manmarch, starting their own farm\n- An ambitious Lygosi merchant, investing in a new trading post or caravansary\n- Some would-be chief or warlord from the **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|Manmarchers]]**, building a new hamlet or hillfort\n- The **conquering armies** of the South [[29 - Lygos and the South#**Conquering army**|Lygos and the South]], establishing a foothold\n\nSuch settlements rarely last. They fall prey to natural disaster or roving beasts, to rivals or bandits, or to the certain wrath of the Hillfolk who claim these lands as theirs.\n\nOr perhaps, if you believe the stories, there's something darker afoot. Perhaps these lands really are haunted. Haunted by the numerous souls who've died here. Or by foul things, slithering out of the Dread River. Perhaps the land is cursed, and no settlement can ever survive. Perhaps.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--the-flintwash", "title": "The Flintwash", "level": 2, "path": [ "Summer" ], "body": "Draining out of the Steplands and into the Dread River, this watercourse draws thickets, copses of cottonwood, wildlife, and wanderers to its gentle banks. The Hillfolk call it *Maengwalc* in their own tongue—\"Flintwash,\" after the stony plateau from which its headwaters spring.\n\nHundreds of rills and brooks feed the Flintwash, and in its lower reaches, it's quite broad and difficult to cross. Yet ways do exist. How might a traveler get from one side to the other? Ask a PC who would know, but perhaps there is…\n\n- … an old bridge from the time of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**;\n- … a newer bridge, built at great expense by some southern merchant or noble;\n- … a shallow ford; wide, rocky and usually safe;\n- … a ferry, run by enterprising souls;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Summer" ], "body": "- Who did you know who tried to settle in the South Manmarch? What fate befell them?\n- What bandit crew is currently the most feared? Who leads them, and what makes them so dangerous?\n- At what landmark do merchant caravans typically encamp? Why do they stop there?\n- What landmark does everyone who travels these lands know to avoid? Why?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Summer" ], "body": "- Someone has seized the Flintwash crossing, and is charging exorbitant tolls\n- An ambitious chief from the North Manmarch is sending settlers south of the Highway\n- The PCs eagerly await a caravan, but it gets waylaid by bandits\n- A ruin in the region becomes a place of pilgrimage, drawing the faithful of Helior/Aratis from all over", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Summer" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12) once or twice.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 4, "path": [ "Summer", "Terrain" ], "body": "1 Ash field/barrens/sand/rocky stretch 2 Burrow/dugout/warren 3 Sodden soil/mud/pocket wetland 4 Spring/pond/creek/stream/river 5-6 Open meadow, waist-high grass 7-8 Shortgrass prairie, vast and open 9 Footpath/wagon ruts/trail 10 Tree(s), savanna, thickets 11 Gentle slope/low ridge/small hill\n\nIf you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.\n\n12 Steep slope/rocky outcrop/large hill", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 3, "path": [ "Summer", "Terrain" ], "body": "For any one of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 4, "path": [ "Summer", "Terrain", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 Change of terrain (previous page) and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**\n- 4 beast (see below)\n- 5 An encounter (see below)\n- 6 A point of interest (next column)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--1d6-beast", "title": "1d6 beast", "level": 4, "path": [ "Summer", "Terrain", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1-3 Mostly harmless but prone to bolt: deer, hares, prairie dogs, birds, etc.\n- 4-5 A herd: **[[14 - The Flats#**Monsters**|aurochs]]**, goats, sheep, **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|wild horses]]**, etc.\n- 6 Something big and majestic: a **[[42 - The Steplands#**Bat swarm**|brawzbedr]]**, a giant ibis, a **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Dangers**|horned drake]]**, a **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|thunder drake]]**, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--1d6-encounter", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 4, "path": [ "Summer", "Terrain", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**: encamped, herding, hunting, on patrol, come to trade, or maybe on a raid\n- 2 **Merchant** caravan [[29 - Lygos and the South#**Merchants**|Lygos and the South]], coming or going\n- 3 **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Horned drake**|Bandits]]**, encamped, scouting, returning from a raid\n- 4 Settlers, hoping to carve out a home here\n- 5 Someone in dire straits; roll 1d4 again to see who\n- 6 **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirit of the wild]]**, curious or indifferent", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--1d6-point-of-interest", "title": "1d6 point of interest", "level": 2, "path": [ "Summer" ], "body": "- 1 A place corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- 2 A tomb, site, or artifact of the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**\n- 3 A battlefield or remains (below)\n- 4 A ruin or fortification of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**\n- 5 A place sacred to the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|spirits of the wild]]**\n- 6 A new settlement", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--1d12-battlefield-or-remains", "title": "1d12 battlefield or remains", "level": 4, "path": [ "Summer", "1d6 point of interest" ], "body": "- 1 Truly ancient: from the time of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**\n- 2 From the **[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]**, when humanity rebelled and woke the Things Below\n- 3-4 From a conflict among the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**\n- 5-7 From a previous attempt at settlement: burnt out, collapsed, overgrown\n- 8-10 Recent: Hillfolk, bandits, travelers, settlers, beasts\n- 11-12 Very recent: the buzzards and crows still feasting\n\nMany such places are **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|haunted]]** by the dead.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch-4", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- Baking sun, no shade for miles\n- Nasty turn in the weather: lashing wind, bitter cold, blistering heat, sleet/ hail/rain/snow; lightning\n- Flash flooding in valleys/on slopes\n- Lack of shelter, water, or wood for a long-burning fire (try dried aurochs dung, if you can find it)\n- Hidden holes/burrows, twisting an ankle or worse\n- **[[14 - The Flats#**Dangers**|Prairie fire]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "- Predators: **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cougars]]**, **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|kleztigr]]**, **[[14 - The Flats#**Hlomren**|pack drakes]]**, or **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wolves]]**\n- Big ornery beasts: **[[14 - The Flats#**Monsters**|aurochs]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Dangers**|boar]]**, or a **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|thunder drake]]**\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirits of the wild]]**\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]**, lurking near ancient battlefields or ruined settlements", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--people", "title": "People", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**, if they're of a mind to do violence\n- **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|North Manmarchers]]**, heading south or defending a new settlement\n- Merchants from **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**), heading south or coming home\n- Southern **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Merchants**|merchants]]** and their caravan guards, plus those traveling with them, like adventurers or an **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Dangers**|antiquarian]]**\n- **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Conquering army**|Armies of the south]]**, coming north to exact vengeance, secure a resource, establish a foothold", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--horned-drake", "title": "Horned drake", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "People" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *huge*, *hardy*\n\n**HP** 24; **Armor** 3 (stony hide)\n\n**Damage** trampling charge d10+5 (*hand*, *area*, *forceful*) or horn gore d10+5 (*close*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Instinct** to protect their young\n\n- ^ä Issue a honking call\n- ^ä Stand its ground, still as a rock\n- ^ä Lurch suddenly into a charge\n- ^ä Absorb raw elemental power (regaining 1d8 HP)\n\nThe behemoth of the southern grasslands is striking for its great size, the quartz-like plates of its segmented hide, and its fearsome horns. The horns vary greatly from beast to beast, ranging from a single spike on its snout or forehead to a rack of five or six curved points edging the flanges of its massive skull. An intimidating beast, even at rest.\n\nTo the Hillfolk, the downing of a *d'lkornek* (\"thorn-dragon\") is a hero's feat, to be followed by a week of harvest and celebration at the kill site.\n\n**Something interesting**: Some scholars hold that the Stone Lords imbued horned drakes with elemental qualities. Specimens of their hide are commonly mistaken for dolostone or some other mineral, and Hillfolk prize their horns (Value 3).\n\n**Something useful:** The horns of a *d'lkornek* act like **[[43 - Stone Lords#Power-crystal|power-crystals]]**, but larger and with great capacity. They are extremely dangerous to harvest; a wise butcher slowly bleeds away their energy over the course of days.\n\nAdult horned drakes might be accompanied by their young (*group*, *large*, *hardy*; **HP** 14; **Damage** d8+3; **Instinct** to get curious, to play fight), whom they aggressively defend.\n\n*Horde*, *stealthy*, *cautious*, *devious* **HP** 3; **Armor** up to 2 (hides, shields) **Damage** spear d6 (*close*, *thrown*) or sling d6 (*near*, *awkward*, *reload*)\n\n- **Instinct** to survive at the expense of others ä Block passage, issue a blunt demand\n- ä Ambush under cover of darkness\n- ä Ransom the best, kill the rest\n\nThe **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Makers' Roads]]** limit banditry throughout most the World's End. Not so in the South Manmarch. Here, merchants travel without the safety of warded pavestones. And those merchants draw bandits like dung draws flies. They're motley crews, these bandits. Rogues from Marshedge. Deserters from the armies of North and South. Exiled Hillfolk. Scoundrels. Miscreants. Anyone who's willing to get their hands red, really.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "40-south-manmarch--bandit-chief", "title": "Bandit chief", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Group*, *leader*, *stealthy*, *cautious*, *devious*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 8; **Armor** 3 (hides, shield, skill) **Damage** spear d8 (*close*, *thrown*, 1 piercing)\n\nor bow d8 (*near*) **Instinct** to live their best life beyond the reach of the law\n\n- ä Exude a brutal charisma\n- ä Demonstrate great skill at arms\n- ä Brook no disagreement\n\nEvery group demands a boss; the exiled and forsaken moreso. What makes this leader stand apart? (pick 2 or 3)\n\n- Infamy, from deeds real or fabricated\n- Fearlessness, borne of a veteran's confidence or amateur's stupidity\n- Fragile alliance with a Hillfolk band\n- A **spirit-of-the-wild** familiar [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirits of the wild]]\n - A sidekick, in the form of a **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|sorcerer]]** or **[[26 - Hillfolk#Upland horse|spirit-talker]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild", "title": "Spirits of the Wild", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--spirits-of-the-wild", "title": "Spirits of the wild", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spirits of the Wild" ], "body": "The spirit realm is filled with entities, especially those of the natural world. Each beast, each tree, each gust of wind or flickering flame—they all have spirits. So do the soil, the rocks, the mountains and the streams.\n\nMost of these spirits are quiet, slumbering or barely conscious or operating on a scale so alien as to be impenetrable to human minds. But some mortals can speak to them nonetheless, and goad them into action. Sometimes, these sleepers shift and mumble and stretch of their own accord.\n\nThe most active spirits are those tethered to physical objects, or those associated with beasts or other \"animate\" things—things full of life and energy. These are the spirits that mortals encounter most often.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--themes", "title": "Themes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spirits of the Wild" ], "body": "Choose or roll 1, or 2 and combine.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spirits of the Wild" ], "body": "- 1 Trees/plants/flora/growing things\n- 2 Beasts/vermin/fauna\n- 3 Air/wind/weather/fire\n- 4 Spring/birth/fertility/sex/healing\n- 5 Summer/heat/growth/vitality\n- 6 Autumn/harvest/sustenance/plenty\n- 7 Winter/cold/hunger/sleep/death\n- 8 Savagery/the hunt/dominance\n- 9 Nurture/shelter/provision\n- 10 The land/soil/stone/terrain\n- 11 Blight/decay/reclamation/ destruction\n- 12 Water/streams/ponds/lakes (possibly corrupted by **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|the Things Below]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spirits of the Wild" ], "body": "- A villager (or visitor) has been cursed by a powerful elemental spirit, maybe in a way that puts others in danger.\n- A child hears voices and sees spirits; maybe they're crippled with fear, or maybe they recklessly ask spirits for petty favors.\n- Something that the PCs want can be found in in a sacred site, one that's known to house unfriendly, powerful spirits.\n- Someone has unwittingly brought a spirit's tether into the village, and it starts wreaking havoc.\n- A PC learns that a particular spirit knows an important secret, something they desperately want to learn.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--regarding-spirits", "title": "Regarding spirits", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spirits of the Wild" ], "body": "The following apply not just to spirits of the wild, but also to **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]**, **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|dool spirits]]**, some **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|primordial powers]]**, the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**, and **[[20 - Gods and Religion#**Little gods**|little gods]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--manifestation", "title": "Manifestation", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spirits of the Wild" ], "body": "Spirits lack physical form, existing in the realm of thought and symbol. They can perceive and influence the mortal realm in subtle ways, but to directly affect it, a spirit must manifest or possess a physical form.\n\nEach spirit manifests differently. Some shape a body from crude matter. Others appear as intangibles: cold, shadow, moonlight, etc. Some can only \"ride\" living beings. Others can animate beings that were once alive, or vessels specifically prepared to hold them. A rare few can manifest bodies of pure spirit-stuff.\n\nSpirits manifest or possess forms that make symbolic sense. A fire spirit won't possess water; it might manifest as a flame, or animate a cloud of cinders, or possess a hot-headed youth.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--tethers", "title": "Tethers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spirits of the Wild" ], "body": "Some spirits are bound to a thing in the physical world. The tether might occur naturally (like a brennauwed and its tree), by choice or mutual benefit (like an altar where mortals leave offerings for the spirt), or via trickery, force, or coercion.\n\nA tether anchors and empowers its spirit, granting it a stronger connection to the physical world. If harmed or weakened, the spirit can retreat to its tether to rejuvenate.\n\nBut a tether is not just a boon; it's also a vulnerability. Harming the tether harms the spirit. Destroying the tether destroys the spirit—or at least weakens, diminishes, and greatly changes it.\n\nSome tethers don't just anchor their spirits: they bind and imprison them. A spirit so bound can't leave its tether's presence. The most powerful bindings seal their spirits away, greatly restricting their perceptions and ability to influence the world. But no binding is perfect, and a spirit so bound might tempt or trick others into releasing it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--fighting-spirits", "title": "Fighting Spirits", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spirits of the Wild" ], "body": "One can fight a spirit only when it manifests, and even then they can be difficult to harm. Manifest forms often have lots of HP and might be vulnerable to only certain materials or attacks.\n\nEven if one can harm a manifestation, they're not really harming the spirit. Reducing it to 0 HP ends the manifestation. This weakens the spirit, forcing it to retreat to its tether (if it has one). But it doesn't truly harm it.\n\nTo truly harm a spirit, one must use potent magic, damage or destroy its tether, or fight it directly in the spirit realm. A spirit reduced to 0 HP in one of these ways is actually destroyed—or at least so thoroughly diminished that it won't be a problem for many human lifetimes.\n\nYou might want to track a spirit's \"manifest\" HP vs. \"true\" HP. If the PCs hurt a manifest spirit with something that could truly harm it, reduce both sets of HP.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--communion", "title": "Communion", "level": 2, "path": [ "Spirits of the Wild" ], "body": "One might wish to commune with a spirit to seek knowledge or request aid. The Blessed in particular is able to sense active spirits, speak with them, and force even dormant spirits to manifest and hear them out. Some NPCs and monsters have similar powers.\n\nMost people, though, are unaware of the spirits around them. Spirits of the wild tend to ignore individual humans. The best way for most mortals to commune with a spirit is to enter a sacred site (carefully, respectfully) and make an offering that gets the spirit's attention. One could also intentionally provoke the spirit—getting it to manifest—but that rarely ends well.\n\nOne might also seek out a spirit in its own realm. This requires shifting one's consciousness to the spirit realm, which might involve…\n\n- … meditation;\n- … imbibing drugs/alcohol;\n- … exhaustion or deprivation;\n- … percussion, music, dancing;\n- … a guide or teacher; and/or\n- … a magic item or spell.\n\nOnce a mortal's consciousness is in the spirit realm, they must find the spirit(s) in question, get their attention, and convince it to help. None of these are easy. None of these are safe. If a PC attempts such a journey, Chart a Course with them through the spirit world. Good requirements and challenges include…\n\n- … they need a knowledgeable guide or detailed instructions;\n- … they risk getting lost;\n- … the way will be grueling, they risk exhaustion; and/or\n- … they must watch out for **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|specters]]**, **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|wraiths]]**, or other **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]**; **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|dool spirits]]**; **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Fundamental**|fundamentals]]**; **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|voidblights]]**; spirits **corrupted** by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]; or just **elemental spirits** that are territorial, or violent, or powerful and careless.\n\nDepending on the spirit that they seek, they might also need to surmount/brave/ cross a hazardous stretch of the spirit realm and/or risk drawing the attention of certain spirits. For example, if they sought out the spirit of **[[21 - The Golden Oak#The Golden Oak|the Golden Oak]]**, you might tell them...\n\n- … they risk drawing the attention of the crossing's guardian; and/or\n- … they need to brave the secret crossing itself, which borders the Last Door and the realm of the dead.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild-2", "title": "Elemental spirits", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "These spirits mostly just do their thing, with little concern for humanity unless some mortal offends them or seeks them out for aid. An elemental spirit can:\n\n- ^ä Reveal what it knows, from its own perspective\n- ^ä Spread word to other spirits\n- ^ä Bestow a blessing or curse, tied to its element\n- ^ä Shift, move, or direct that which falls in its domain\n\nElemental spirits rarely manifest. When they do, they often possess or animate the element itself, or appear as ghostly figures somehow reflecting their element. They're more likely to be NPCs than *monsters*.\n\nHere are examples; feel free to modify and expand on them. Maybe you picture cave spirits differently than this. Maybe a decorated limestone cave has different tags, instincts, and notes than a cave-bear's den. Or maybe this particular cave's spirit is different than other cave spirits. Consider asking a character (who would know) what certain types of spirits are usually like, and use what they give you.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild-3", "title": "hates the light. Cold spirit", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *quiet*, *patient*, *bitter* **Instinct** to slow things down, to preserve **Notes** Whispery voice; finds warmth and exuberance distasteful.\n\n**Notes** Drops hints about what's inside;", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--fertility-spirit", "title": "Fertility spirit", "level": 3, "path": [ "hates the light. Cold spirit" ], "body": "*Group*, *spirit*, *earthy*, *sensual*, *positive* **Instinct** to encourage growth **Notes** Giggles, touchy; frustrated by prudery, inhibition, restraint.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--fire-spirit", "title": "Fire spirit", "level": 4, "path": [ "hates the light. Cold spirit", "Fertility spirit" ], "body": "*Group*, *spirit*, *needy*, *intense*, *aggressive* **Instinct** to consume\n\n**Notes** Cackles gleefully; fears water, smothering; always hungry.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--log-spirit", "title": "Log spirit", "level": 2, "path": [ "hates the light. Cold spirit" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *sickly*, *cheerful*, *giving* **Instinct** to not mind, really\n\n**Notes** Ho-hum, it's okay; falls apart under serious pressure.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--meadow-prairie-grass-spirit", "title": "Meadow/prairie/grass spirit", "level": 2, "path": [ "hates the light. Cold spirit" ], "body": "*Horde*, *spirit*, *lazy*, *bashful*, *chatty*\n\n**Instinct** to gossip amongst themselves **Notes** Like easily embarrassed teens; \"Shh, don't tell them!\"\n\n**Mist/fog spirit**\n\n *Solitary*, *spirit*, *presumptuous*, *hazy* **Instinct** to get intimate, blur boundaries **Notes** Hushed, dripping voice; spaced-out; touchy-feely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--mud-spirit", "title": "Mud spirit", "level": 4, "path": [ "hates the light. Cold spirit", "Meadow/prairie/grass spirit" ], "body": "*Group*, *spirit*, *cheerful*, *grimy*, *clingy* **Instinct** to make a mess of things **Notes** Genuinely doesn't get why you're upset or frustrated.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--peat-bog-fen-spirit", "title": "Peat/bog/fen spirit", "level": 3, "path": [ "hates the light. Cold spirit", "Meadow/prairie/grass spirit" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *lazy*, *jealous*, *gluttonous* **Instinct** to take whatever it can **Notes** Deep froggy voice; licks \"lips,\" makes baseless accusations.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--pond-spirit", "title": "Pond spirit", "level": 3, "path": [ "hates the light. Cold spirit", "Meadow/prairie/grass spirit" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *placid*, *watchful*, *callous* **Instinct** to remain uninvolved\n\n**Notes** Sighs frequently; ignores them, unless they provoke it.\n\n *Solitary*, *spirit*, *moody*, *overbearing* **Instinct** to give, but to be easily offended **Notes** Tut-tuts; wants to be needed, appreciated; passive-aggressive.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild-4", "title": "Rock/stone/boulder/hill spirit", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*Group* or *solitary*, *spirit*, *reliable*, *chill* **Instinct** to remain unperturbed **Notes** Speaks very slowly; friendly; no urgency; \"Relax, man.\"", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--sapling-spirit", "title": "Sapling spirit", "level": 3, "path": [ "Rock/stone/boulder/hill spirit" ], "body": "*Group*, *spirit*, *earnest*, *chipper* **Instinct** to seek what it needs to grow **Notes** Wants attention, makes big promises.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--snow-spirit", "title": "Snow spirit", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rock/stone/boulder/hill spirit", "Sapling spirit" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *secretive*, *aloof*, *quiet* **Instinct** to conceal things\n\n**Notes** Prim and proper; talks around the issue, always.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--storm-spirit", "title": "Storm spirit", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rock/stone/boulder/hill spirit", "Sapling spirit" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *brash*, *arrogant*, *potent* **Instinct** to test any who stand before it **Notes** Big, rumbling voice; intense but distracted, has places to be.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--stream-creek-spirit", "title": "Stream/creek spirit", "level": 4, "path": [ "Rock/stone/boulder/hill spirit", "Sapling spirit" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *bubbly*, *restless*, *forgetful* **Instinct** to offer surprises, to wash away **Notes** Rarely stops talking, fidgeting; repeats self.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--trail-spirit", "title": "Trail spirit", "level": 2, "path": [ "Rock/stone/boulder/hill spirit" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *inviting*, *yielding*\n\n**Instinct** to reveal\n\n**Notes** Agitated, nervous voice; draws attention to those it helps", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild-5", "title": "Tree spirit", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *proud*, *stubborn*, *stoic*\n\n**Instinct** to take its time\n\n**Notes** Speaks slowly; clings to hurts, grudges, kindnesses.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--wind-spirit", "title": "Wind spirit", "level": 3, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "*Horde*, *spirit*, *restless*, *temperamental*\n\n**Instinct** to get distracted\n\n**Notes** Howls, moans, whispers;", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--sacred-sites", "title": "Sacred sites", "level": 3, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "These are places where spirits of the wild are tethered, or where they tend to be active. Pick or roll for terrain based on the region, theme [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Sacred sites**|Spirits of the Wild]] to determine the nature of the spirit(s) present, a marker, and the spirits' activity and disposition. Consider rolling the Die of Fate to determine the spirit or spirits' relative power.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--1d12-marker", "title": "1d12 marker", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "- 1 Nothing you can put your finger on, just the sense of being watched\n- 2-4 A place that resonates strongly with the spirit's theme\n- 5-6 A remarkable natural feature, particularly large/beautiful/ancient/etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--1d12-activity", "title": "1d12 activity", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "- 1 Missing, dissipated, greatly weakened\n- 2 Imprisoned, probably seeking release\n- 3-4 Slumbering, waiting for something\n- 5-6 Sporadic, often slumbering or away 7-9 Alert, aware, unlikely to manifest\n- 10-12 Alert, aware, manifesting freely", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--1d12-disposition", "title": "1d12 disposition", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "- 1-2 Dangerous, possibly corrupted by **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|the Things Below]]**\n- 3-4 Vengeful, grumpy, protective, angry at intrusion\n- 5-6 Plaintive, needful, wronged, demanding\n- 7-8 Aloof, shy, dismissive, has their own concerns\n- 9-10 Curious, playful, mischievous,\n\n*The PCs are in the Steplands, heading towards Three Coven Lake, and they've just run afoul of some Hillfolk. They escaped, but only because the Hillfolk turned back from the cave they hid in, like they were scared to enter. I think this is a sacred site. I roll a 3 for theme (air/wind/weather/fire) and a 4 for the marker (place that resonates with the theme). I'm picturing one of those eternal flames, where a methane pocket seeps out and burns forever. I get 10 for activity (alert, aware, manifesting freely) and roll a 12 for disposition (content, pleasant, helpful, beneficent) which is odd given the Hillfolk's reaction.*\n\n*So: a cave lit by a flame with no apparent source, issuing from a crack in the earth. The flame houses an old, powerful, talkative spirit that's been burning since the days of the Makers. It blames the Hillfolk for their ancestors' role in*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--length-of-braided-leather-magical", "title": "Length of braided leather magical", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "3 feet long, frayed on one end, and crusty with flaking... something. The braids entwine 2d4 beads of redwood. Each bead contains some harm: a wound (1d10 damage, *messy*, ignores armor), a sickness, a poison, a delusion. The whole thing binds a spirit of blight.\n\nWhen you *unweave the braid and let a redwood bead drop upon the earth*, the spirit manifests as a warm, damp wind. Name someone in your presence; the spirit inflicts upon them whatever harm was stored in the bead. If you do not name someone in your presence, the spirit will choose someone at random (maybe even you).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--a-tightly-woven-net", "title": "A tightly-woven net", "level": 4, "path": [ "Tree spirit", "Length of braided leather magical" ], "body": "*close*, *thrown*, *magical*, *crude* Woven from Flats-grass by a Hillfolk sorcerer or witch. Hundreds of minor root-spirits are tethered to the strands.\n\nWhen you *cast the net over a spirit*, it is ensnared—even if its form is intangible or could flow through the net. The spirit can't escape on its own as long as the net is intact. Don't try to use this on fire spirits they'll burn right through it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--a-fur-lined-bedroll", "title": "A fur-lined bedroll", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nThis bedroll is decorated with Forest Folk beadwork and lined with the softest rabbit fur. It tethers a nurturing, protective spirit, one that is quiet and comforting.\n\nWhen you *Make Camp in the fur-lined bedroll*, you regain 1d6 (extra) HP and gain advantage on your next roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--a-stone-cup", "title": "A stone cup", "level": 4, "path": [ "Tree spirit", "A fur-lined bedroll" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nA lump of limestone, big as a large man's fist, sheared off smooth at one end and hollowed out. Water slowly seeps from the interior wall, filling the cup in about half an hour. The water is hard, mineral-rich but potable, and just a little cursed.\n\nWhen you *drink water produced by the cup*, you'll have troubling dreams the next time you sleep—dreams of suffocation and endless wet caverns and huge uncaring things stirring in the lightless depths. Roll 1d6: **on a 1**, you wake up screaming and will get no rest this evening; **on a 2-6**, the dreams are merely unsettling.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--a-cracked-femur", "title": "A cracked femur", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nThis leg bone is always cold and covered in rime. It's the bone of a witch who broke her leg and froze to death. It houses not a ghost, but a potent spirit of winter and cold.\n\nWhen you *first grip the bone*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, the spirit acknowledges you as master and you can wield the bone; **on a 7-9**, pick 1:\n\n- Drop the bone; you can never wield it\n- Endure as the spirit sucks away your heat—take 2d4 damage (ignores armor) and mark *weakened*—but you then master the spirit and can wield the bone.\n\n**On a 6-**, the spirit sucks away your heat—take 2d4 damage (ignores armor) and mark *weakened*—and you can never wield the bone.\n\nWhen you *wield the bone as a weapon* (*hand*, *crude*, *magical*, ignores armor) it deals 2d4 damage instead of your normal damage, sucking the warmth from your foe.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--a-crown-of-flowers", "title": "A crown of flowers", "level": 4, "path": [ "Tree spirit", "A cracked femur" ], "body": "*fragile*, *magical*\n\nA wreath of living vines, sprouting flowers of great variety and beauty. A woman who dons the crown becomes greatly attuned to the fertility of everything around her, and the whispering spirits of growing things. She also becomes aware of the rites of spring.\n\nWhen a *woman wears the crown and performs the rites of spring*—dancing around an oak tree, making offerings to the spirits, and joining with her lover in the light of the full moon—then her steading rolls with advantage to generate Surplus in both summer and autumn. Also, if the woman wearing the crown so chooses, she will conceive and bear a healthy child, regardless of any barriers.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--a-forked-stick-of-redwood", "title": "A forked stick of redwood", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nA stout stick about 2 feet long, the bark removed, with fine woodworm trails making entirely-too-regular patterns. If you hold it gently, with a hand on each tine of the fork, you can feel it tugging, pulling you gently in certain directions.\n\nWhen you *dowse with the redwood stick*, it will guide you to the nearest site sacred to the spirits of the wild. With practice, you can estimate the distance and even the disposition of the spirits that dwell there.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--a-hunk-of-amber", "title": "A hunk of amber", "level": 4, "path": [ "Tree spirit", "A forked stick of redwood" ], "body": ", *magical*, Value 2\n\nIt's about the size of two fists, with a mass of blood-sucking insects floating in its center. It tethers an ambitious spirit of insects, blight, and disease. Treat it as a threat (type: *magical entity*, **Instinct** to foster worship) with the following moves:\n\n- ^ä Demand a blood sacrifice, poured over the amber\n- ^ä Shield someone from sickness, vermin, and poison\n- ^ä Blight an enemy with sickness, vermin, or both", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Tree spirit", "A forked stick of redwood" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 3, "path": [ "Tree spirit", "A forked stick of redwood" ], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A path in the woods|A path in the woods]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A beaded satchel|A cloak, richly embroidered]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A beaded satchel|A beaded satchel]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A wolf pelt|A cracked flute]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A wolf pelt|A wolf pelt]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A patch of rainbow moss|A patch of rainbow moss]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Tree spirit", "A forked stick of redwood", "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "These could be associated with the spirits of the wild.\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Redwood Effigy|Redwood Effigy]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Twisted Spear , reach, magical|Twisted Spear]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Shield of the Wisent Witch|Shield of the Wisent Witch]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--the-brennauwed", "title": "The Brennauwed", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "The Tall Ladies, Daughters-of-Seed, the Slow Sisters: these are all titles given to the Brennauwed, powerful tree spirits and, if you believe them, kin to **[[09 - Danu, the Earth Mother#Danu, the Earth Mother|Danu]]** herself. Each is tethered to a single tree. The younger ones can roam, but the older a Brennauwed is, the more bound she is to her tree.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--glasbren", "title": "Glasbren", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *clever*, *magical*, *stealthy*, *beautiful*\n\n**HP** 19; **Armor** 2 (bark, no vital organs) **Damage** raking fingers d8 (*hand*, disadvantage)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to its tree **Instinct** to stretch and grow and experience life\n\n- ä Travel freely between young trees\n- ä Spy on someone or something interesting\n- ä Manifest a beautiful form of moving wood (unharmed by stabbing, vulnerable to fire)\n- ä Call on the forest and its creatures for aid\n- ä Spread word through the Great Wood\n\nYoungest of the Brennauwed, a glasbren's tree is barely more than a sapling. The world is full of wonder and life, and they would see it all.\n\nFrom time to time, a comely mortal will catch a glasbren's eye. If the mortal proves kind and curious and full of life, it might reveal itself and shyly pursue a friendship—or more.\n\nWhen you *give your heart or loyalty to a glasbren*, your instinct becomes \"Devotion: act in the glasbren's interests.\" The glasbren becomes a follower (Cost: wonder and excitement; holds 2 Loyalty to start).\n\nWhen *a season passes without you spending time with the glasbren*, alone at her tree, she loses all Loyalty and you mark *miserable*. You cannot clear this debility without spending time with her.\n\nWhen you *spend time with the glasbren*, alone with her at her tree, roll +CHA: **on a 7+**, clear all your debilities and ask the GM to reveal a secret about the Great Wood or the things that can be found there; but **on a 7-9**, also pick 1:\n\n- Days or weeks pass without either of you realizing it\n- You offend or upset her; she loses any Loyalty she held and she isn't speaking to you right now (tell us what you did wrong)\n- Her \"family\" would have words with you, right now", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--birdwaig", "title": "Birdwaig", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *spirit*, *cautious*, *clever*, *magical*\n\n**HP** 23; **Armor** 3 (woody, no vital organs) **Damage** crushing branches d10+3 (*close*, *reach*, *forceful*), choking vines/roots d10+1 (*reach*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to its tree **Instinct** to care for the forest, especially the trees\n\n- ä Wield the plants around her like a weapon\n- ä Possess a nearby tree (vulnerable to fire, all but impossible to harm with most weapons)\n- ä Purge or bind an unnatural taint\n- ä Grant a secret or a boon to a friend of the forest\n\nAs they mature, Brennauwed grow more sedentary, manifesting only via their own tree or possessing other trees within a few miles. A birdwaig has a motherly regard for all natural things in her territory, and will turn the very forest against any that seek to do it harm.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--hennain", "title": "Hennain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tree spirit" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *huge*, *spirit*, *cautious*, *clever*, *magical*, *ancient*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 31; **Armor** 4 (woody, no vital organs) **Damage** walloping branches d12+5 (*close*, *reach*, *area*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to its tree **Instinct** to take the long, long view\n\n- ä Remain unmoved\n- ä See through any tree in the forest\n- ä Animate her own tree (almost impossible to harm with weapons, or even fire)\n- ä Call upon the power of Danu herself\n- ä Lay a lasting curse on a defiler\n\nOld grandmothers of the Wood, the hennain are few and ancient and mighty. They watch, and they wait, and they endure. It takes a dire threat indeed to rouse one, and even then it acts in slow and inscrutable ways. For a hennain cares not one bit for any given creature or tree; she cares only for the slow turn of the forest itself.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild-6", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--andalau", "title": "Andalau", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Horde*, *tiny*, *spirit*, *stealthy*, *mischievous*\n\n**HP** 8; **Armor** 2 (tiny, agile)\n\n**Damage** none\n\n**Instinct** to play and frolic\n\n- ä Manifest as a fluttering gust of wind (harmed only by lead or salt)\n- ä Flit things about (dust, leaves, etc.)\n- ä Annoy or spook someone\n- ä Deliver a whispery message\n\nThere are places where the wind dances constantly, fluttering and flitting, and here the andalau dwell. They are more prone to mischief than violence. Win their favor, and you might convince them to help you—especially if it involves going somewhere new or playing pranks. Just don't be surprised when their attention flits elsewhere.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--ceffylwraig", "title": "Ceffylwraig", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers", "Andalau" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *spirit*, *swift*, *tireless*, *cautious*, *magical*, *beautiful*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--hp-24-armor-0", "title": "HP 24; Armor 0", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers", "Andalau" ], "body": "**Damage** kicking hoofs d8+3 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*, disadvantage)\n\n**Instinct** to be fiercely independent\n\n- ä Appear as a majestic horse among the herd\n- ä Slip free of any restraint, disappearing into the wind if need be\n- ä Guide the herd like it was a single, living entity\n- ä Curse someone with wild, unbridled emotions\n\nA herd of wild horses has a life, nay, a spirit all its own, a spirit as free and fickle as the wind. Take care, you who would poach wild horses for your own purpose, lest you find your heart turned against you!\n\n**Something interesting:** \"Ceffylwraig\" means \"horse wife,\" but she sees herself more as queen than wife: proud and haughty, disdainful of the weak and the slow, the herd her subjects more than her children.\n\n**Something useful:** A ceffylwraig is scornful and suspicious of praise or fancy words, but can be appeased by thoughtful gifts, offered with appropriate respect from proud women of noble bearing.\n\n- What sort of gift do the ceffylwraig most value?\n- What sort of gift will do in a pinch?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--coedwaig", "title": "Coedwaig", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Horde*, *tiny*, *spirit*, *magical* **HP** 5; **Armor** 2 (bark, no vital organs) **Damage** nasty thorns d6 (*hand*, *grabby*) **Special qualities** thorns all over, to touch them is to bleed\n\n**Instinct** to viciously defend its ward\n\n- ä Possess thorny plants or vines and shape them into a body\n- ä Cause vicious thorns and spines to sprout from nearby plants\n- ä Dig in deep, make them bleed (*messy*)\n\nEach thorn on a plant is a sword, brandished boldly against a world that would defile its flowers, steal its fruit, and devour its delicate buds. What, then, are the coedwaig? Only Danu's swords, brandished by the Mother herself in defense of her most beautiful and vulnerable children.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--fadyn", "title": "Fadyn", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *magical*, *stealthy*, *devious*, *audacious*, *cautious*, *beautiful*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 1 (reflexes)\n\n**Damage** bite, scratches, or knife d6 (*hand*, disadvantage)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to a fox skull **Instinct** to make mischief\n\n- ä Manifest as a fox (*small*) or a charming stranger\n- ä Be all manner of charming and ingratiating\n- ä Steal something when no one's looking\n- ä Make something seem like something else\n\nEvery child has heard stories of the fox-spirit, the trickster, the fadyn. In some tales, a fadyn makes fools of the cruel or the proud. In others, they steal chickens from the slow-witted. And in still others, they seduce a beautiful human, disappearing when bored or discovered. Truth be told, there's little pattern to who a fadyn torments or fancies. They are fickle, fickle things.\n\n**Something interesting:** When a fadyn takes the form of a person, it always has some fox-like feature (a tail, feet, hands, ears) that it strives to hide. It is easily embarrassed by this feature, and flees if it's discovered.\n\n**Something useful:** Fadyn are in fact the spirits of old, cagey foxes who passed away, and they're tethered to their old skulls. One can't travel far from its skull, and often carries it hidden on its manifest person or buries it near the community that it torments. If you want to destroy a fadyn, or bind it to your service, getting your hands on its skull is the best way to do so.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--grwgnach", "title": "Grwgnach", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary, huge, spirit, magical, mesmerizing*\n\n**HP** 27; **Armor** 2 (reflexes, swarm) **Damage** whirlwind of pecks, claws, buffets d8+3 (*hand*, *area*, disadvantage)\n\n**Instinct** to absorb individual identity\n\n- ^ä Manifest in a murmuration of starlings (nigh impossible to harm with personal weapons)\n- ^ä Strip a swath of land clean of seed, saplings, insects\n- ^ä Overwhelm with sound and the weight of numbers\n\nWhen the sun sets, starlings flock in absurd numbers: thousands upon thousands dancing and wheeling in the sky, like a chittering thunderhead, like a cloud of living smoke.\n\nFarmers do what they can to keep starlings far from town, and not just because they eat precious seeds and bury the land in droppings. They do so for fear of the grwgnach.\n\nThe grwgnach is a spirit of the mob, of the many coming together to become something more. It's not a king or a queen of the starlings. Rather, it's what a million starlings become when each bird loses itself to the flock.\n\nWhen you *gaze rapt upon a murmuration of starlings*, tell us of a time when you felt small and insignificant, or when you lost yourself in a crowd.\n\nThen, roll +WIS: **on a 10+,** you feel the pull of the grwgnach but shake it off; **on a 7-9**, your mind is briefly adrift among a thousand-thousand others—mark *dazed* but also ask the GM one question about the region, something that at least one starling might know; **on a 6-**, your mind is sucked into the grwgnach—mark *dazed* and you stand rapt until the flock disperses or someone removes you, physically. Also, until you Level Up, your instinct becomes \"Birdlike: To act strangely, like a bird.\"", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--the-halfeyd", "title": "The Halfeyd", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "Grwgnach" ], "body": "*Spirit*, *magical*, *fickle*, *sadistic*, *terrifying* **Instinct** to terrorize its prey\n\n- ^ä Manifest as eyes in the dark, watching\n- ^ä Mark someone as prey\n- ^ä Set all manner of hunting beasts on their trail\n- ^ä Put ambush predators in their path\n\nThe hunters and trappers of Stonetop know. So do the Hillfolk. The Manmarchers know, and Fen-walkers, too. When you make a kill, you leave an offering. An offering for the Halfeyd. Fail to do so, and you might find yourself as prey—for everything.\n\n**Something interesting:** If the Halfeyd marks you, you'll be hounded for 3 days and 3 nights—even by small predators who would never normally hunt you. **Something useful:** A spirit of running water (like that of a stream) can wash away the Halfeyd's mark.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--nerth-serpent", "title": "Nerth serpent", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *spirit*, *fearless*\n\n**HP** 20; **Armor** 4 (resilience), or 0 against bare hands\n\n**Damage** bite and constrict d10+3 (*hand*, *close*, *reach*, *forceful*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to the Nerth Tree **Instinct** to test the might of supplicants\n\n- ^ä Politely offer a chance to back down\n- ^ä Restrain an opponent's limb\n- ^ä Whisssper a foe's own doubts in their ear\n\nThe Nerth Tree grows in the Great Wood. It can only be found by one mortal each midsummer, by following a particular **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A path in the woods|path in the woods]]**. The roots are littered with bones of former supplicants.\n\nHanging from the tree: a great serpent. Crush it and eats its heart, and you will gain its vitality. But good luck with that.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--prenysbyrd", "title": "Prenysbyrd", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers", "Nerth serpent" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *spirit*, *magical*, *stubborn*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 23; **Armor** 2 (woody, lacks organs) **Damage** club-like fists d10+3 (*close*, *forceful*) **Instinct** to punish trespassers\n\n- ^ä Blame one for the sins of another\n- ^ä Fill minds with leering images and unreasoning dread\n- ^ä Form a body of fallen trees, leaves, rotting wood (vulnerable to fire)\n- ^ä Smother a prone foe with soil, leaves, wood (d8+1 damage, *near*, *grabby*)\n\nWhat becomes of a dead tree's spirit? Most linger as simple log-spirits, weakening as the log rots to mulch. But when generations of trees grow and die in the same place, they might become something more. Something that defends the grove, and its current trees, and all the trees that are yet to come.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "41-spirits-of-the-wild--troelloff", "title": "Troelloff", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Spirit*, *magical*, *playful*, *cruel*\n\n- **Instinct** to confuse, frustrate, delay ^ä Show warnings left by others: spiral\n- carvings, many-arrowed icons, etc. ^ä Inflict a brief, intense vertigo\n- ^ä Make them lose their way\n- ^ä Show a landmark they've passed before\n- ^ä Obscure trails, way-signs, and markings\n\nSome places never want you to leave: deep woods, twisting caverns, rugged hills that all look same. Such places give rise to troelloff, maze-spirits, who delight in mischief and feed on the desperation of the lost.\n\n**Something interesting:** Where a troelloff dwells, there's always a true path. It can't harass anyone who stays on this path, but good luck finding it. **Something useful:** The path is never obvious, but it's always marked, by a particular flower, a pattern in the moss, a vein in the stone, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands", "title": "The Steplands", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The Steplands are a rugged hill-country south of the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]**. To the north, they touch **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier's Fen]]** and the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**. To the east, they give way to the **[[40 - South Manmarch#South Manmarch|South Manmarch]]**. To the west, they climb higher and higher, like a stairway to the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**.\n\nThe region is a karst—a plateau of limestone and quartzite and granite, carved away by ages of runoff and dissolved by groundwater, leaving a jumble of hills and valleys and rocky cliffs, all shot through with caves, sinkholes, and streams.\n\nThe land seems wild and untamed to outsiders, but in truth it is home to dozens of small nomadic bands, the **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--always", "title": "Always", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Bare rock, host to lichen, moss, and stubborn grass/shrubs\n- Cloud-shadows drifting over hillsides\n- The feeling of being surrounded, closed in by the valleys\n- The burning in your legs as you climb another damn hill\n- The grandeur when you reach a summit: vista on vista marching, hills on hills, slope beyond slope", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--spring", "title": "Spring", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Snow still clinging to south-facing slopes, never touched by sun\n- Sudden warmth as you step out of a shadow; chill as you step into one\n- Gurgle of water downhill, through ancient culverts under the Highway", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--summer", "title": "Summer", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Emerald meadows, grass waving in wind, splashes of wildflower color\n- Flutter of birds taking flight, surprised when you round a bend\n- Blessed shade as you pass beneath some trees or into the shadow of a hill", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--autumn", "title": "Autumn", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Fog in the valleys, the hills like islands in clouds\n- Tickle on your face, from mist or an early snow\n- Mournful songs of cranes or owls or other large birds, echoing from far away", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Impressions" ], "body": "- White drifts half-covering the hills, rocks still poking through\n- Bitter winds on your face as you crest a hill or trudge through a pass\n- The breath of your companions, white clouds hanging in the air\n- The sense of stillness and quiet, like the world sleeping", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--a-rugged-land", "title": "A rugged land", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "By all rights, the Steplands should be lush and fertile, teeming with farms and pastures. The same storms that soak the Flats roll through these hills, and snowmelt from the Huffel Peaks feeds many streams and aquifers.\n\nAnd yet: the region is rocky, almost barren in places. The slopes boast meadows of sedge and shortgrass and thickets of skinny pine, but the soil is thin and prone to erosion and mudslides. Cliffs and outcrops abound, dotted with shrubs and gnarled trees and even succulents normally found only in the south. There's life a-plenty, sure—enough to support the roaming bands of Hillfolk and their herds—but one would be hard-pressed to make a go of farming.\n\nWhy is the land like this? That's for you and your table to decide, but perhaps…\n\n- … it's a natural result of the thirsty bedrock, the ceaseless southerly wind, the grazing of beasts;\n- … the **Stone Lords**' [[43 - Stone Lords|Stone Lords]] magic still infuses the land, repelling soil and seed, fossilizing roots, devouring minerals;\n- … battles between Stone Lords and the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]** blasted the land, and only the hardiest **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]** still dwell here;\n- … the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** sleep fitfully here, breathing in through lakes and sinkholes, sucking at the lifeforce of the soil;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something completely different.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- What do the Hillfolk call the Steplands?\n- Which of you once explored the caves that dot these lands? What did you find there that haunts you still?\n- What treasure or wonder is said to be hidden in the Steplands?\n- What landmark, visible from the Highway, have you always wanted to explore?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--places", "title": "Places", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#Blackwater Lake|Blackwater Lake]]**\n- **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|The Makers' Roads]]**, specifically the Highway\n- **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#Three Coven Lake|Three Coven Lake]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- Harsh weather threatens PCs on the Highway; a nearby cave might provide shelter\n- A Hillfolk band is plagued by a bloodthirsty **[[42 - The Steplands#**Gouzadn**|gouzadn]]**, but a concerned parent begs for their lost child's life to be spared\n- A **[[42 - The Steplands#**Bat swarm**|brawzbedr]]** naps on the Highway, blocking a merchant's wagon\n- Someone the PCs care about went to explore a cave and never came out", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Hooks" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Hooks" ], "body": "| 1 | Creek, gulley, stream, river |\n|---|-------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| 2 | Stream, disappearing into cave,
sinkhole, or fractured bedrock |\n| 3 | Sinkhole, crevasse, gorge |\n| 4 | Barren patch (sand, scree, rocks) |\n| | |\n\n- 5 Copse of pines, gnarled shrubs 6 Stretch of **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#**The Crossroads**|Broken Roads]]**\n- 7 Gentle slope, meadow\n- 8-9 Steep slope, treacherous, unstable 10 Sheer rock face, bluff, rocky outcrop\n- 11-12 **[[42 - The Steplands#Caves|Cave]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 A change of terrain (previous column) and roll again.\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**\n- 4 A point of interest (next page) 5 A hillfolk encounter (next page)\n- 6 Some other encounter (next page)\n\n| 1d6 | point of interest |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | A place corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below\\|Things Below]]** |\n| 2 | A place **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**\\|haunted]]** by death or the undying |\n| 3 | A site or artifact of the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders\\|Barrow Builders]]** |\n| 4 | A **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk\\|Hillfolk]]** encampment or sacred place, occupied or not |\n| 5 | A place sacred to the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**\\|spirits of the wild]]** |\n| 6 | A ruin or artifact of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords\\|Stone Lords]]** |\n\n| 1d6 | hillfolk encounter |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | Pair or trio of riders, not immediately hostile |\n| 2 | Herd of goats or sheep, tended by teen(s) and hound(s) |\n| 3 | Signs of their passing/encampment/borders |\n| 4 | Foragers, not far from camp |\n| 5 | A whole band, on the move |\n| 6 | A meeting between two or more bands |\n\nFor more about Hillfolk bands, see [[26 - Hillfolk#**Nomads**\\|Hillfolk]].\n\n| 1d6 | other encounter |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | Deadly beast, not actively hostile but easily provoked: a **[[42 - The Steplands#**Bat swarm**\\|brawzbedr]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**\\|cave bear]]**, **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**\\|thunder drake]]**, etc. |\n| 2-3 | Potential game, but big and dangerous if provoked: **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Dangers**\\|boars]]**, **[[14 - The Flats#Aurochs\\|aurochs]]**, etc. |\n| 4-5 | Game, mostly harmless but prone to bolt: deer, fowl, rabbits, etc. |\n| 6 | **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**\\|Spirit of the wild]]**, curious or indifferent |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Dangers" ], "body": "- Getting lost (maze of hills, valleys, streams; trees blocking views)\n- Sheer rock face to climb, and a reason to climb it\n- Steep slope, unstable footing (scree, mud, fallen needles, crumbling rock)\n- Flash flooding in valleys/on slopes", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--mudslide", "title": "Mudslide", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Dangers" ], "body": "Start with a slope built up with soil. Peel away the vegetation through over-grazing, or fire, or drought, or too much rain entirely. Add a sudden heavy rain or some fools walking across it. Hey, look, a mudslide!\n\n- ^ä Point out the lack of ground cover, the sodden soil, the weight of waiting earth\n- ^ä It'll take time/effort/risk to avoid the unstable slope\n- ^ä The hillside shifts and buckles, underfoot or overhead\n- ^ä People, stones, and trees are swept away or buried, d6+2 damage (*area*, *forceful*, *grabby*, ignores armor)\n- ^ä Trap them, crush them, deprive them of air\n- ^ä Leave behind a slick, treacherous, muddy swath", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--rockslide", "title": "Rockslide", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Dangers" ], "body": "Some slopes are often covered with scree or strewn with boulders, fist-sized, head-sized, some as big as horses. Mostly they stay put. Mostly.\n\n- ä A loose stone clatters downhill, skitterscatter, billowing dust, but over soon enough\n- ^ä A smaller rock smacks them, d6 damage\n- ^ä A bigger stone teeters, starts to slip\n- ^ä A whole field of boulders gives way\n- ^ä Clunk, clunk, smash, d8+2 damage (*area*, *forceful*)\n- ^ä Bury them under tons of rock and dirt (Death's Door)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--bat-swarm", "title": "Bat swarm", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Dangers", "Rockslide" ], "body": "Stepland caves are often home to thousands upon thousands of bats. They're nothing to fear individually. But a swarm of them, when you stand in their way? Oh dear.\n\n- ^ä Squeaks, chitters, and flapping are heard in the distance\n- ^ä The sounds get closer, louder, and louder still\n- ^ä Overwhelm them with sound and scratches and fluttering wings, d6 damage (*area*)\n\n- A pair or trio of **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|Hillfolk riders]]**), hunting or on patrol\n- A half-dozen riders or more, trailing the PCs\n- A **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]** and/or their attendant spirits, beasts, demons, or followers", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- Ornery beasts, all riled up: **[[14 - The Flats#Aurochs|aurochs]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Dangers**|boar]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bears]]**, or **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|thunder drakes]]**.\n- Predators: **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cougar]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Feathered drake**|feathered drakes]]**, **[[14 - The Flats#**Hlomren**|pack drakes]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wolves]]**\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]**\n- **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Deathless ones**|Deathless ones]]**, **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**People**|barrow wights]]**, or **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Phantom rider**|phantom riders]]**, lurking in their barrows or set free of them\n- The **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Ghostly Legion]]**, on the hunt or marching mortals to their cave\n- Other **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]**, victims of tragedy or violence\n- One of the other dangerous beasts that roam the Steplands", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--brawzbedr", "title": "Brawzbedr", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *huge*, *stubborn*, *grumpy* **HP** 24; **Armor** 3 (thick hide, boney nodules) **Damage** tree-rending claws d10+7 w/ disadvantage (*reach*, *close*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** poor vision and hearing; excellent sense of smell", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--instinct-to-overreact", "title": "Instinct to overreact", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- ä Not really notice something\n- ä Tear up trees like a child tears up grass\n- ä Swat at something that annoys it\n- ä Flail about in a rage (+*area*), then get tired\n\nThink of something like a badger or a sloth, but big as a house: 20 feet long, 9 feet at the shoulder, forearms nearly 12 feet long when you include those shovel-like claws. Mostly they just lumber about the Steplands, looking for their favorite trees to tear up and chew through, sometimes clearing whole slopes. Just about everything gives them a wide berth, when they can. Even apex predators like a kleztigr don't think they're worth the trouble.\n\nYou'd think that they'd be easy to spot and avoid, and mostly you'd be right. But sometimes you'll round a bend or clear a slope and there one'll be, just plodding along or munching on a log or taking a nap, and you'd best try to circle around, quiet-like.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--gouzadn", "title": "Gouzadn", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *magical*, *cautious*, *stealthy*, *shapeshifter*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. certain sacred wood\n\n**Damage** tooth and claw d10 (*hand*, *grabby*), hoof and antler d10+2 (*close*, *forceful*), rending strength d10+2 (*hand*, *forceful*, *messy*)\n\n**Special qualities** confused and frustrated by human speech, host to dozens of beast-spirits\n\n**Instinct** to see people as either threat or prey\n\n- ä Assume the aspect(s) of one or more beasts\n- ä Do something impossible for a human, easy for a beast\n- ä Suffer through a terrible wound unfazed, healing with a few days' rest\n- ä Ask beasts or spirits (even quiet ones) for information or favors\n\nWhen a young Hillfolk shows signs of being touched by spirits, their band had best seek out a **[[26 - Hillfolk#Upland horse|spirit-talker]]** to mentor the child. Without such guidance, these youths might forsake their humanity, forget their language, and eventually bind spirits of the wild to their very flesh.\n\nA gouzadn shuns people, living with only spirits for company. They're more likely to flee and hide than fight when people encroach on their territory. An aggressive or unwary party, though, might find their numbers picked off one-by-one in the dark or when separated. And when that happens, a gouzadn might get a taste of killing people, maybe a taste for their flesh. Such monsters haunt the tales and nightmares of the Hillfolk.\n\nGouzadn gain their spirits by bonding with a beast, then consuming its flesh in a special, intuitive ritual. They might be reasoned with by the Blessed or someone else who speaks the Spirit Tongue. They might even be re-taught language, and convinced to divest their flesh of its surplus spirits. But most will be loath to do so; at best, they'll insist on keeping these spirits with them in a sacred pouch or similar vessel.\n\n**Something interesting:** Tales tell of using \"sacred wood\" to put down a gouzadn. Maybe a Hillfolk elder could tell you the specific type of wood to use?\n\n**Something useful:** To kill this gouzadn, you'll need a weapon made of... (roll the Die of Fate)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d6-sacred-wood", "title": "1d6 sacred wood", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- 1 **[[37 - Red Groves#Red Groves|Redwood]]**\n- 2 Heartwood of lightning-struck ash\n- 3 Elder wood, blackened in sacrificial fire\n- 4 Oak, etched with words of grounding and renewal\n- 5 Yew, carved with a sorcerer's bone\n- 6 Willow, the tree felled by an innocent, the wood carved by one stooped with regrets", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--grochslon", "title": "Grochslon", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *patient*, *stealthy*\n\n**HP** 12; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** outer jaws d10 (*close*, *grabby*), inner jaws d10+2 (*hand*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** blind; senses prey by scent, hearing, vibrations\n\n**Instinct** to feed on the unwary, then flee\n\n- ä Lurk unseen in a dark, sheltered spot\n- ä Spring forward without warning, chomping down\n- ä Hold tight with outer jaws while tearing away with the inner\n- ä Squirm through a narrow opening\n\nPale, eyeless things that spawn in the lightless lakes below the Steplands. Like a great big pale salamander or snake with two stubby, muscular legs. As they grow, they find food down there sparse, and make their way to the surface. Mostly they stick to cave mouths, but sometimes—sometimes—they get bold enough to leave their sheltered holes of rock, and they find other places to lurk, places where you'd never expect them.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--kleztigr", "title": "Kleztigr", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *cagey*, *stealthy*, *agile*, *powerful*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 1 (reflexes)\n\n**Damage** huge saber-like fangs d10+3 w/ advantage (*hand*, *grabby*, *messy*, 1 piercing), claws or pounce d10+1 w/ advantage (*close*)\n\n**Instinct** to bring down a good, solid meal\n\n- ä Follow prey for hours, even days\n- ä Pounce on prey from hiding (*reach*, *forceful*, *grabby*)\n- ä Inflict a deadly, bleeding wound\n\nLike a **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cougar]]** but twice as big, with 8-inch fangs hanging out of their mouths. Hillfolk tales claim they once were much more common, pets of the Stone Lords even. Now they are (thankfully) rare.\n\n**Something interesting:** Some Hillfolk bands \"adopt\" a kleztigr, making offerings of meat or young goats, sheep, or even horses. The kletztigr follows the band about, protecting them from outsiders.\n\n**Something useful:** Such kleztigr won't harm anyone wearing some item or clothing distinctive to \"their\" band (but they might expect a present).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--spitting-drake", "title": "Spitting drake", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "*Group*, *stealthy*, *organized*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 2 (pebbly scales)\n\n**Damage** vice-like jaws d8 (*hand*, *grabby*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** chameleon skin, excellent climbers\n\n**Instinct** to pin down a good meal, then swarm it\n\n- ä Lay an ambush, where they can surround prey\n- ä Spit a head-sized gob of sticky mucus (*near*, *grabby*, *reload*)\n- ä Sprint much more quickly than you'd expect\n\nThey're about the size of a big wolf, but lower and squatter, with arms out to the sides like lizards and a big old frill that pops up when they're startled or bearing down on prey. They favor canyons, defiles, or overlooks where they can bask in the sun but have a good angle to ambush passersby.\n\n**Something interesting:** Their mucus adheres quickly to rock, pinning prey in place. Even if it doesn't pin prey down, it gloms on and slows them up. It'll dry out and start to flake away after a few hours.\n\n**Something useful:** Strong spirits (yes, like whisky) quickly dissolve the mucus. Also, you can identify their territory by the pale chalky stains their mucus leaves on stone.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--caves", "title": "Caves", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "The Steplands are lousy with caves, carved out over centuries by the slow patient work of water, or more dramatically by the magic of the Stone Lords.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--impressions-2", "title": "Impressions", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Caves" ], "body": "- Instinctive hunch of your shoulders under a low stone ceiling\n- Prickly, humid air, thick and still and cloying\n- Slow, quiet drip… drip… drip… in the distance\n- Darkness so thick and deep, it could swallow you\n- Every sense heightened: rough stone underfoot, the breath of your companions, the damp mineral smell, the way your eyes strain in flickering light", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--structure", "title": "Structure", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Steplands", "Caves" ], "body": "Choose or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d6-structure", "title": "1d6 structure", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- 1 Small, contained, only a few chambers\n- 2 Long, narrow, meandering\n- 3 Twisting, interlaced tunnels; multiple chambers\n- 4 A few distinct sets of chambers, connected by long twisting tunnels\n- 5 Few small passages to a larger, massive chamber\n- 6 Large and open main tunnel, smaller side passages and chambers\n\nFor any given opening, passage, or chamber, choose or have someone roll for clearance, footing, water, and decoration. For each, consider rolling 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d6-clearance", "title": "1d6 clearance", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- 1 Basically a crack, too small for grown humans without excavation\n- 2 A squeeze—most folk can wriggle through without gear on\n- 3-4 Small, cramped—might need to duck, crawl, go single file\n- 5 Roomy, comfortable to walk through\n- 6 Yawning, vast, lots of space", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d6-footing", "title": "1d6 footing", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- 1 Steep slope, vertical ascent/descent\n- 2 Slippery—water, mud, scree, guano, etc.\n- 3 Rocky, debris-filled, unstable\n- 4 Uneven, ridged, potholes, awkward\n - 5 Rolling, undulating, twisting\n - 6 Surprisingly smooth, level", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d6-water", "title": "1d6 water", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- 1 Submerged\n- 2 Partially flooded\n- 3 A stream or rivulet, flowing steadily\n- 4-6 Just a trickle, drips, or seepage; maybe not even that", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d6-decoration", "title": "1d6 decoration", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- 1 Stalactite(s) or soda straws, clinging tight to the ceiling\n- 2 Stalagmite(s), growing from the floor\n- 3 Column(s), where stalactites and stalagmites have grown together\n- 4 Crystals, crystalline growths, \"honeycomb\" patterns\n- 5 Flowstone, rimstone, \"draperies,\" \"shields\"\n- 6 Fossils", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--inhabitants-past-or-present", "title": "Inhabitants, past or present", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "Choose or have someone roll, up to 3 times. What story does this tell?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d6-inhabitant", "title": "1d6 inhabitant", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- 1 Thralls or victims of the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|The Things Below]]\n- 2 Barrow Builders [[05 - Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]] or their victims\n- 3 Truly ancient primordial powers [[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|Primordial powers]]\n- 4 natural beast or spirit (see below)\n- 5 Stone Lords [[43 - Stone Lords|Stone Lords]] or their servants\n- 6 Hillfolk [[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]] or those they have cast out", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d6-natural-beast-or-spirit", "title": "1d6 natural beast or spirit", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- 1 Bats. So many bats [[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|The Steplands]]\n- 2 Fish, salamanders, olms, crawfishpale blind things dwelling in dark waters\n- 3 Cave bears [[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|The Great Wood]], a kleztigr [[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|The Steplands]], or similar large beast, making its den here\n- 4 Grochslon [[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|The Steplands]], or some other subterranean predator\n- 5 Spirit, bound to or happily dwelling in this sacred site [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Sacred sites|Sacred sites]]\n- 6 A malicious spirit, like a troelloff [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**The Halfeyd**|Spirits of the Wild]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--discoveries-2", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--1d6-discovery-2", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- 1 Connection to another cave system\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3-5 Signs of a (prior) inhabitant (previous column), like a site, artifact(s), or remains\n- 6 A relatively good place to rest/hide", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "42-the-steplands--dangers-2", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Steplands" ], "body": "- Cold, especially if they've gotten wet\n- Heat and humidity, especially if they carry heavy loads\n- Getting lost\n- Cave-ins, rock-falls\n- Getting stuck in a squeeze\n- Running out of/losing your light\n- Fear, panic, or confusion in the face of any of the above", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords", "title": "Stone Lords", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "In the time of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**, the Stone Lords ruled the **[[42 - The Steplands#The Steplands|Steplands]]**, the southern stretch of the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**, and the **[[40 - South Manmarch#South Manmarch|South Manmarch]]**. They carved cities out of the hills. They raised towering monuments. They sang stone, crystal, and glass into impossible shapes.\n\nThe Stone Lords' empire was grand, but it was not all glory. It was built on the backs of countless human servants. And while the Stone Lords were not especially cruel, neither were they kind. They imposed order on their world, by whatever means necessary.\n\nFor, better than the other Makers, the Stone Lords knew the**[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**. Knew the insidious songs that echoed in the deep. Knew the chaos promised. Knew that they must never, ever be freed.\n\nAnd so, when the **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]** called on the Things Below to put down their own servants' rebellion, the Stone Lords turned on their brethren. They shattered the Green Lords' lands and hunted down the survivors.\n\nYet: the seals had cracked. The Things Below sang all the louder. The Stone Lords themselves stood resolute, but their servants did not. Corruption seeped through their society like water finding cracks in a poorly laid foundation.\n\nThe end came swiftly. Sorcerers turned the city of Dulenn into a massive sinkhole, creating what is now **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#Blackwater Lake|Blackwater Lake]]**. Seals were broken across the land and horrors slithered up through the tunnels. Mobs turned on their former masters. One by one, the domains and cities of the Stone Lords fell into ruin.\n\n**Names**\n\nBreton- and Cornish-inspired, but with extra vowels for a drawn-out sound: Aenedellion, Caedour, Daenizel, Eelowain, Gaeille, Iaves, Kaeteal, Loiawen, Mearauwd, Neassa, Oaneaz, Paerrain, Rozainne, Saennaen, Taenguey, Wainoac, Yainniac\n\nCombine with prefixes like \"Aalz\" (\"the great\"), \"Skol\" (\"master\"), or \"Loaji\" (\"apprentice\"), etc.\n\nThe**[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]** had arrived.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Stone Lords" ], "body": "- Someone claims to have found a Stone Lord ruin abundant with precious gems\n- A petrified prisoner of the Stone Lords was recently reanimated, and must now make sense of this new age\n- While seeking shelter from the elements, the PCs stumble on a Stone Lord ruin\n- Hillfolk need help dealing with dangerous stone constructs that are running amok", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--themes", "title": "Themes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Stone Lords" ], "body": "Pick, or roll 1d12.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 2, "path": [ "Stone Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Rock and stone: excavated and shaped into grandiose structures\n- 2 Crystals/gems/**[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]**): decorative, practical, or thrumming with power\n- 3 Songs/resonance/vibrations/echoes: to empower, shape, transform, or destroy\n- 4 Seals/bindings/things trapped in stone: creatures/spirits/ideas/", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords-2", "title": "Sites", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Pick, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords-3", "title": "1d6 site", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-3 **Lingering signs** of their presence and influence (see below)\n- 4-6 A **[[43 - Stone Lords#Ruin|ruin]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--lingering-signs", "title": "Lingering signs", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d6 site" ], "body": "Pick, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords-4", "title": "1d6 sign", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 **Something trapped** in stone, crystal, or makerglass (next column)\n- 2 **Strange geologies** (next page)\n- 3-4 Fragments of old construction (stairs, walls, foundations, chimneys), all that's left of once-grand structures\n- 5 A stretch of the **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Makers' Roads]]**, intact or broken but unearthed/barely visible\n- 6 A **monument, marker, or enigma** (next page)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords-5", "title": "Something trapped", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "For example:\n\n- Someone trapped in a stalagmite, their grasping hands, anguished face, and mournful moans just barely discernible\n- A hollow, seamless cube of rune-carved white stone, 6 feet per side, bitterly cold; a dozen **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|specters]]** are sealed within, impotent and mad\n- A stretch of shining black flagstones, showing reflections of people long past; those who open their minds see a parade of memories, clear as day\n- A **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Construct**|construct]]** with a crack in its \"head,\" possessed by an evil spirit; bound in a circle of deeply-cut runes\n- A labyrinth of stone walls, the walkways forming a rune of binding, some sort of demon trapped in the center", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--strange-geologies", "title": "Strange geologies", "level": 2, "path": [ "Something trapped" ], "body": "For example:\n\n- A large grotto, unnaturally smooth and precise, like part of a sphere just vanished from the stone\n- A gorge cutting perpendicularly through a valley, the walls lined with glass\n- A tunnel or valley, shaped so that the smallest sounds echo echo echo\n- A cliff face, the striations perfectly smooth and parallel, the different strata strikingly different colors or types of stone\n- A slope entirely made of smooth, rounded stone; like an old lava flow, but chert, granite, or limestone\n- An enormous rock formation, shot through with dozens of small holes that catch the wind and sing a haunting melody.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--monument-marker-or-enigma-for-example", "title": "Monument, marker, or enigma For example:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Something trapped" ], "body": "- A crater of bare stone, 100 paces across, with a lozenge of black stone floating in the center, thrumming\n- A statue carved from a mountainside, fragments of its stone sword littering the valley below\n- A pedestal bearing two vast and trunkless legs of stone; hints of an inscription, now unreadable\n- Giant stone heads arrayed upon a slope, their faces faded yet still disapproving\n- A pylon of glass, 100 feet tall at least (and who knows how deeply set into the earth), faintly humming, faintly glowing\n- Great lines gouged into the earth, running for miles; meaningless from the surface, but making enormous runes when seen from on high\n - A large room in some cave or ruin, the charred bones of a giant at the center; bits of blackened bone/tooth/carapace litter the edge; hundreds of fist-sized shards of crystal are embedded in the walls\n- A chamber with dozens of glass cylinders, fixed vertically against a wall, each of differing length and width—some sort of instrument, perhaps?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--ruin", "title": "Ruin", "level": 4, "path": [ "Something trapped", "Monument, marker, or enigma For example:" ], "body": "Pick or roll for themes [[43 - Stone Lords#**Ruin**|Stone Lords]], structure, purpose, architectural elements, and condition. Place the ruin in an appropriate terrain (see [[27 - Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]] for the **[[42 - The Steplands#The Steplands|Huffel Peaks]]**, for the **Steplands**, or [[40 - South Manmarch|South Manmarch]] for the **South Manmarch**). Populate it with **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Ruin**|lingering signs]]**, **[[43 - Stone Lords#Makerglass|artifacts]]** and/or **dangers** of the Stone Lords [[43 - Stone Lords#**Dangers**|Stone Lords]] or the appropriate region.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords-6", "title": "1d6 structure", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Tightly packed, human-sized structures/rooms\n- 2 Single, bunker-like building\n- 3 Large, open space\n- 4 Tower, rising/jutting out from a hill/mountain\n- 5 Chambers/tunnels dug into the sides of cliffs/hills/mountains\n- 6 Grandiose building of impossible construction", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords-7", "title": "1d6 purpose", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Dwelling (home, barracks, dormitory, prison, etc.)\n- 2 Infrastructure (aqueduct, rampart, road, bridge, etc.)\n- 3 Storage (vault, warehouse, library, museum, etc.)\n- 4 Production (workshop, factory, mine, farm, etc.)\n- 5 Esoteric (laboratory, experiment, power source, etc.)\n- 6 Civic life (agora, theater, shrine, monument, tomb, etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords-8", "title": "1d6 architectural elements", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Great slabs of marble/granite/limestone/etc., far too big for humans to lift\n- 2 Seamless stone structures/tunnels, like they were poured or molded that way\n- 3 Runes carved into stone and shaped out of walls, roads, tunnels, etc.\n- 4 Crystals/makerglass: catching light/ wind, humming/glowing, chiming/ gonging\n- 5 Stones/crystals that emanate emotion/mood/thoughts/memories\n- 6 Grandiosity of scale, big enough to humble even the Makers\n\nMost Maker-ruins are sized for giants people two or even three times as tall as humans—but often with smaller-scale rooms, passages, and so forth for their servants.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords-9", "title": "1d6 condition", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Shattered and laid waste by time, war, or vandalism; mostly buried, overgrown, collapsed; its purpose unrecognizable\n- 3-4 Crumbling, largely buried, overgrown, or hidden away\n- 5 Buried, overgrown, or hidden, but mostly intact\n- 6 Fully visible and strangely well-preserved\n\nMany Stone Lord ruins were **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Reclaimed Maker-ruin|reclaimed]]** by the Barrow Builders at some point. See **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#**1d12** ruin or barrow|Blackwater Lake]]** and **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#**1d12** stone lord site|Three Coven Lake]]**.\n\nThe PCs cut north from Three Coven Lake and seek out a place to camp. I decide that they find a Stone Lord ruin. I roll 6 for theme (authority/order/hierarchy/tradition), a 5 for structure (chambers dug into the sides of hills), a 6 for purpose (civic life), a 3 for architectural elements (crystals/makerglass), and 4 for condition (buried or hidden, mostly intact). I imagine some sort of belltower, once used to signal the hour and give order to the day.\n\nWhat remains is the hint of stone stairs leading up a rocky outcrop. Near the top, a partially collapsed tunnel opens into a smooth-walled, domed chamber. A makerglass chime hangs from the ceiling, just a few inches in diameter but a hundred feet tall or more, dropping down a shaft barely wider than it is. If tapped, the chime rings painfully loudly. If struck firmly, it resonates with a thunderous, deafening noise. I think there's also a great big bronze maul still in the chamber, and that a kleztigr [[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|The Steplands]] has been using this place as a den.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--makerglass", "title": "Makerglass", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 condition" ], "body": "Cut or blown into wondrous shapes, in many colors and textures, unbreakable and unworkable by mortal means. Often found near Stone Lord ruins, and highly prized.\n\nPick or roll for form and characteristic.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-form", "title": "1d12 form", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d6 condition", "Makerglass" ], "body": "- 1-2 Enigmatic shape (chip/shard/ chunk/block/sphere/etc.), its purpose unclear\n- 3-4 Mundane object (tool/utensil/container/lantern/etc.), though perhaps not easily recognized as such\n- 5-6 Object of war (weapon/armor/ shield/helm/etc.)\n- 7-8 Art or decoration (jewel/statue/ tiles/torc/amulet/ring/etc.)\n- 9-10 Musical instrument (bell/chime/ flute/horn/etc.)\n- 11-12 Construction (door/stairway/arch/ bricks/walls/etc.), likely *immobile*\n\nConsider rolling 1d6 to inform size/scale.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-characteristic", "title": "1d12 characteristic", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d6 condition", "Makerglass" ], "body": "- 1-2 Breathtakingly beautiful\n- 3-4 Glows/shines (roll 1d6 for scale)\n- 5 Sings/hums/thrums (roll 1d6 for scale)\n- 6 Absorbs something (heat/sound/ light/energy/vibration/etc.)\n- 7 Roll 1d6 twice\n- 8-12 Just (just) an indestructible object made of glass", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d6 condition", "Makerglass" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d6 condition", "Makerglass", "Artifacts" ], "body": "- A severed, three-fingered hand of a stone construct (Value 0), cleverly articulated but inert\n- A single makerglass arrowhead (*indestructible*, 2 piercing, Value 1)\n- A makerglass jar with a threaded lid, seals airtight (*indestructible*, Value 2)\n- A stack of engraved ceramic tiles that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle; properly assembled, the engravings form a potent ring of runes for binding demons (Value 1, or Value 3 to the right person)\n- A ring of petrified wood, set with a shining diamond (?) (Value 2, *beautiful*)\n- A huge bronze gong (*immobile*, Value 2), carved along the edge with runes of amplification\n- A makerglass sword (*close*, *messy*, *indestructible*, *beautiful*, +1 damage, 2 piercing, Value 3)\n- A fist-sized ruby (*beautiful*, Value 4); if placed in a fire or otherwise heated, it hums beautiful, haunting notes", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--a-chalky-potion", "title": "A chalky potion", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d6 condition", "Makerglass", "Artifacts" ], "body": "*magical*, *fragile*, *slow*\n\n1d4 glass vials containing thick, gritty, whitish fluid. The stopper bears a mark of transformation, flesh, and stone.\n\nWhen you *drink the whole potion while touching stone*, you transform (over a matter of minutes) into a mass of stone, similar to that which you touch. You retain awareness of your surroundings, blind but with excellent hearing.\n\nWhen you *attempt to end your lithic vigil*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you return to your original form, rested and invigorated—regain all your HP and clear all your debilities; **on a 7-9**, the transformation back is slow and arduous, mark a debility; **on a 6-**, you are stuck until someone pours another dose of the potion over you or communes with your spirit and helps you try again.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--power-crystal", "title": "Power-crystal", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d6 condition", "Makerglass", "Artifacts" ], "body": ", *magical*, *dangerous*\n\n A chunk of crystal the size of a clenched fist. If charged, it thrums or crackles with power. If depleted, it fills you with a sense of emptiness and longing.\n\nWhen you *brandish the depleted powercrystal at a source of elemental energy*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, the crystal absorbs the energy fully and as safely as possible (it is now charged); **on a 7-9**, the crystal absorbs the energy (it's now charged) but pick 1:\n\n- You are harmed by the coursing energy, taking damage as the GM sees fit\n- The power stored in the crystal is extremely unstable, likely to discharge without warning\n- The crystal cracks; henceforth, treat a 10+ on this move as a 7-9, and you can't pick this option again.\n\nIn the hands of a skilled arcanist, a charged power-crystal can fuel or empower a magical effect (though this is dangerous). In the hands of the incautious, the reckless, or the desperate, it can split or crack, leading to a violent explosion.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--a-scarred-slab-of-marble", "title": "A scarred slab of marble", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d6 condition", "Makerglass" ], "body": "*immobile*, *magical*\n\nA slab of once-beautiful stone, some 30 feet tall and about half again as wide, standing in a vaulted chamber, surrounded by deeply etched runes that speak of union and protection, consumption and sacrifice. The stone bears a multitude of chips, gouges, and cracks. Dust and debris surround it.\n\nWhen you *pry a chip of stone from the marble and swallow it whole, while standing within the ring of runes*, your flesh becomes like stone and your DEX becomes -2 until the effect ends. The next three times you would suffer physical harm, the marble slab suffers the harm instead. The effect ends after the third blow.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 condition" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords-10", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A giant's dormitory magical|A giant's dormitory]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Rune-etched pillars|Rune-etched pillars]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A timeless vault|A timeless vault]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Peacebond|A sealed cave]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A makerglass chime|A makerglass chime]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A fine ceramic urn|A fine ceramic urn]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "These might very well be associated with the Stone Lords.\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Mysteries of the Mindgem|Mindgem]]**\n- **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Whispering Rocks|Whispering Rocks]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--bound-entities", "title": "Bound Entities", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]**, especially elementals associated with earth, stone, and terrain, yoked by runecraft to serve the Stone Lord's needs\n- Spirits and beasts corrupted by **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|the Things Below]]**: petrified, encased in stone, or sealed away behind layers of runes\n- Would-be **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|sorcerer-kings]]**, petrified or otherwise imprisoned before they could cause too much trouble\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]**, mindlessly performing duties they were bound to perform in life, unaware that they could want anything else\n- **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|Primordial entities]]**, imprisoned by elaborate workings of crystal and rune, bound to serve or else locked away for safekeeping\n\n**Unstable construction** The Stone Lords' work has stood for centuries, and they were the cleverest architects to ever walk this world. But the problem with grand, clever architecture is that when it fails, it fails spectacularly.\n\n- ^ä A wall/floor/building is precariously perched, or a pillar/support/buttress supports an impossible load\n- ^ä Something creaks/teeters/sways/groans\n- ^ä Cracks form/debris tumbles/something starts to tip\n- ^ä Age-old construction starts to fall like dominoes (run!)\n- ^ä All is reduced to rubble, and dust, and death", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--perilous-stone", "title": "Perilous stone", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "Pick or roll for form , original\n\npurpose , and peril , possibly rolling the Die of Fate for scope/scale. Consider how it fit into the daily lives of the Stone Lords or their servants-what they intended it for, how they avoided it, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-form-2", "title": "1d12 form", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- 1-2 Mechanism/construction\n- 3-5 Rune(s): engraved in stone, worked into tile, formed out of architecture\n- 6-8 Crystal(s)/gem(s)/glass\n- 9-11 Strange stone\n- 12 Makerglass", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-original-purpose", "title": "1d12 original purpose", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- 1-2 Convenience/storage/infrastructure\n- 3-4 Entertainment/art/pleasure\n- 5-6 Violence/war/defense\n- 7-8 Production/power/industry\n- 9-10 Esoteric/research/worship\n- 11-12 Control/order/authority", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-peril", "title": "1d12 peril", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- 1 Discharges energy\n- 2 Crushes/smashes/grinds\n- 3 Captures/imprisons/isolates/ separates\n- 4 Forbids/punishes certain actions\n- 5 Drains energy/emotion/memory\n- 6 Overwhelms senses/emotions\n- 7 Lures/entices/deceives\n- 8 Draws attention\n- 9-10 Roll 1d8 twice\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10, but make it grandioseit doesn't just capture, it petrifies; it doesn't just grind, it reduces something to dust, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--some-examples", "title": "Some examples:", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- Peacebond [[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Peacebond|Peacebond]] runes, worked into roads, halls, public places\n- A glossy cube of blue-black stone that steals memories from those who touch it, playing them back for only the strongest of wills\n- A stone vault that might slip closed if folks are careless, no way to open it from the inside\n- A human-sized crystal, cracked, absorbing telluric energies, occasionally discharging them as bolts of lightning\n- A pile of shimmery sand; when someone touches it, it absorbs an imprint of their mind and forms itself into a simulacrum of them (convinced that it is the original)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--construct", "title": "Construct", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum", "Some examples:" ], "body": "The Stone Lords were masters not only of shaping stone, but also of animating it and giving it the semblance of life. Many such creations remain, though only a few still function and many of those function poorly.\n\nPick or roll a purpose, ability, size, power, sapience, and condition. Allow these elements to inform its physical form and construction.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-purpose", "title": "1d12 purpose", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- 1-2 War/destruction/violence/coercion\n- 3-4 Defense/protection/companionship\n- 5-6 Experimentation/curiosity/practice\n- 7-8 Construction/labor/convenience\n- 9-10 Something obscure, or very specific\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice, combine", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-ability", "title": "1d12 ability", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- 1 Nothing of note, just animated stone\n- 2 Mental influence/control\n- 3 Energy/elemental manipulation 4 Cunning/alertness/special senses\n- 5 Disguise/camouflage/stealth\n- 6 Restraints/snares/subdual 7 Ranged/area attack\n- 8 Transformation/multipart form/ swarm\n- 9 Prowess/mobility/speed\n- 10 Destructive/vicious weaponry\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice\n\nStone Lord constructs are typically blind but able to navigate by sound and sensing vibrations. Almost all are highly durable (+4 HP) and animated by more than biology (another +4 HP), with at least 3 Armor.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-size", "title": "1d12 size", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- 1 Cat-sized or smaller (*tiny*)\n- 2-3 Like a human child (*small*)\n- 4-7 Human-sized\n- 8-10 Like a horse, a cart, etc. (*large*)\n- 11-12 Like an elephant, or bigger (*huge*)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-power", "title": "1d12 power", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- 1-3 Requires the presence of external source\n- 4-8 Stores power, but must return \"home\" to recharge\n- 9-11 Self-charging, but limited range/ activity\n- 12 Self-powered/indefinite charge\n\nPower sources might include: singing crystals that broadcast energy; ingots of **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]**; veins of special stone transmitting power through floors; crystals that absorb telluric currents/vibrations; spirits bound in makerglass; etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-sapience", "title": "1d12 sapience", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- 1-3 Puppet: requires active control by outside intellect\n- 4-6 Bug-like: can follow limited range of programs/tasks\n- 7-10 Beast-like: can take basic direction, complete some complex tasks independently\n- 11 Automaton: can handle complex tasks, learn; lacks true emotion/ creativity\n- 12 Person: fully sapient, potentially quite intelligent\n\nAsk yourself: where does this construct's sapience come from? Clever scripting? Spirits bound to stone? The will drained from living servants? Something else?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--1d12-condition", "title": "1d12 condition", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- 1-2 No power/power source failing\n- 3-4 Broken/impaired limb(s) or chassis\n- 5-6 Trapped/pinned/buried\n- 7-8 Behaving erratically\n- 9-10 Roll 1d8 twice\n- 11-12 Fully functional", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--lithic-servant", "title": "Lithic servant", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "*Horde*, *construct*, *implacable*\n\n**HP** 11; **Armor** 3 (made of stone)\n\n**Damage** stone fists d6 (*hand*, *grabby*) **Special qualities** externally powered;\n\nbug-like intellect; blind; tremorsense\n\n**Instinct** to follow its last orders\n\n- ^ä Act with eternal patience and endurance\n- ^ä Act with no sense of consequence\n- ^ä Hurt someone unintentionally while performing its tasks\n\nImagine one of those artists' mannequins, but full-sized and made of polished rock. Two fingers and a thumb on each hand. Faceless, expressionless, making a stoneon-stone grinding noise as they move.\n\nThey're most often found inert and covered in dust, waiting for some energy source like a Stone Lord's song or a thrumming power-crystal—to give them \"life.\" They'll then follow any orders given to them in the Stone Lord's tongue.\n\nA few of these servants are still active, powered by inexhaustible sources in ancient halls. Their joints are worn smooth, their feet and hands ground down to nubs. Some crawl on broken limbs, attempting to complete tasks that will never end.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--stone-sentinel", "title": "Stone sentinel", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *construct*, *implacable* **HP** 24; **Armor** 3 (made of stone) **Damage** crushing fists d10+3 (*hand*, *close*,\n\n*grabby*, *messy*, *forceful*, 3 piercing) **Special qualities** can animate for only a few minutes at a time; dog-like mind; blind; tremorsense", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--instinct-to-protect-its-ward", "title": "Instinct to protect its ward", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "- ^ä Emit an ominous hum, a warning as it powers up\n- ^ä Move with shocking, unexpected speed (but lose 1d4 HP)\n\nArticulated statues, squat and wide, with huge stone hands, set to watch forever over some ruin, passage, or treasure. Their stone \"minds\" are full of vigilance, and violence.\n\nEach sentinel bears a power-crystal in its chest, slowly absorbing vibrations through earth and stone. A few days of charging is enough to animate the construct for only a few minutes—which is usually more than enough time for it to repel (or crush) an invader.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--mosaic-swarm", "title": "Mosaic swarm", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *construct*, *amorphous*, *stealthy*\n\n**HP** 24; **Armor** 3 (made of thousands of ceramic tiles)\n\n**Damage** jagged fists of ceramic d10+3 (*hand*, *close*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** externally powered; buglike mind; blind; tremorsense; unharmed by piercing weapons; half damage from cutting weapons; vulnerable to attacks that are blunt and *forceful* or *area*\n\n**Instinct** to destroy intruders\n\n- ^ä Wait for intruders to get close, rattling softly\n- ^ä Explode into a cloud of whirling ceramic tiles, d8+1 damage (*area*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n- ^ä Reform into a vaguely humanoid mass\n\nStone Lords adorned their halls with elaborate tilework and mosaics. Most of them were decorative. Most of them.\n\n**Something interesting**: Either some spirit is possessing these tiles, or this is some sort of construct. If it's a spirit, there must be a tether. If it's a Stone Lord construct, well, the individual tiles are too small to power or direct themselves.\n\n**Something useful**: The mosaic's frame remained on the wall, and it's glowing blue—aetherium runes! Destroy the runes, and the construct should fall apart.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "43-stone-lords--pacifier", "title": "Pacifier", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "*Group*, *small*, *construct*, *amorphous* **HP** 10; **Armor** 4 (just a stone sphere)\n\n**Damage** stupefying pulse of sound d6 (*reach*, *area*, *reload*, ignores armor)\n\n**Special qualities** must recharge after a few hours; limited autonomy; blind; tremorsense; has trouble with stairs; vulnerable to blunt, forceful attacks\n\n**Instinct** to keep mortals docile\n\n- ^ä Sense and follow strong emotions\n- ^ä Hum a soothing, pacifying sound (*near*, *area*)\n- ^ä Sound the alarm, call for reinforcements\n\nThey're basically hollow stone spheres, maybe scratched and dinged but otherwise featureless. Often found in their little alcoves, charging. The Stone Lords would deploy them among the rowdier servants to keep things running smoothly.\n\nWhen you *are in range of a pacifier's hum*, your emotions lose their edge. When you *rouse yourself to act violently*, urgently, or passionately, roll +WIS. If you *are in range of multiple pacifiers humming in unison*, you have disadvantage. **On a 10+**, you shake off the effect; **on a 7-9**, you shake off the effect but pick 1.\n\n- Your mind is addled; mark *dazed*\n- Your freedom is short-lived; the effect returns if you pause for any reason\n- You get carried away or take things too far, resulting in a consequence of the GM's choice", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "44-the-stream", "title": "The Stream", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|200\\)]]. Wide, shallow, swift, lined with small stones. Folks come here to wash and fetch water, but rarely alone. It's not deep, but it's still a body of water.\n\n- The current's constant rush and murmur\n- Flat plain on either side, gravelly, dotted with saplings, weeds, wildflowers\n- Vague sense of dread, of being watched\n- **Spring**: cold snowmelt swelling the Stream\n- **Summer**: dragonflies, lightning bugs\n- **Spring/Autumn**: leaves in current\n- **Winter**: eerie stillness, icy surface\n\nTip: raise your voice a little, like you're talking over background sound", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "44-the-stream--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Stream" ], "body": "- What little ritual do villagers perform every time they cross the Stream? Why?\n- How far have you followed the Stream? Which way? What strange sight did you see on the way?\n- Which of you have encountered the Quiet Twins, the ghostly children who haunt the Stream?\n- What's the scariest, darkest story you've ever heard about the Stream? Who told it to you?\n- Who do you think the Quiet Twins were? Why?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "44-the-stream--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Stream" ], "body": "- A dangerous beast takes to watering near town.\n- The Stream runs dry, despite ample rains\n- Something mysterious (dangerous?) is deposited by the current.\n- Haunting songs are heard on misty days; hot-blooded youths are intent on finding the source (an entrancing Fae, like **[[12 - Fae#**Blush-of-Dawn**|Blush-of-Dawn]]**).\n - The Quiet Twins appear more frequently, urgently trying to warn of… something.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "44-the-stream--inhabitants", "title": "Inhabitants", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Stream" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "44-the-stream--the-quiet-twins", "title": "The Quiet Twins", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Stream" ], "body": "*Group*, *small*, *spirit*, *undead*, *cautious*, *unnerving*\n\n**HP** 13; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs)\n\n**Damage** icy touch d6 (*hand*, disadvantage, ignores armor)\n\n**Special qualities** mute, bound to the Stream **Instinct** to warn of some danger (real or not)\n\n- ä Watch what happens at the Stream (seen or unseen)\n- ä Manifest a ghostly form of mist, cold air (harmed only by silver or salt)\n- ä Mouth and gesture in silent terror\n\nTip: shrink into your seat, to make yourself smaller, bug eyed, while mouthing gibberish.\n\n> A pair of ghostly children who haunt the Stream. Sightings are uncommon, but common enough.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords", "title": "Tempest Lords", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**Tempest Lords**\n\nThey were, perhaps, the first of the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**. They charted the seas and the stars. They leashed the elements to their will. They built mighty ships and flying castles, sailed forth from their island home and conquered. All who stood against them were reduced to ash and glass and slag.\n\nThe pride of the Tempest Lords was warranted, but their hubris led to their fall. They sought to tear their entire homeland free from the earth, to set it floating above the world they ruled.\n\nThey failed. Calamity followed.\n\nThe seas boiled and belched forth horrors. Fire rained from the sky. Their island capital sank beneath the waves, and the spine of their empire was shattered. Civil war erupted. Colonies rebelled.\n\nThe Tempest Lords who survived were scattered to the winds. Some tried to restore the empire, but met violent ends at the hands of rivals or would-be subjects. Soon, only a few Tempest Lords remained, enigmas even among other Makers.\n\nOne of these survivors, Stormcatcher, made her way to the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|the Flats]]**, beyond even the most far-flung of the empire's old outposts. There, between four other nations of Makers, she built her tower. And when the horrors of the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** were set loose upon the world, Stormcatcher's tower—what folks now call the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]** was the last of the Makers' enclaves to fall.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--language-and-names", "title": "Language and names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tempest Lords" ], "body": "Tempest Lord writing was ideogrammatic (characters represent ideas, not sounds), and they spoke a primordial language—all who heard it understood it as their native tongue. As such, the names of Tempest Lords are rendered as descriptions, titles, or honorifics.\n\nExample names: Brinedrinker, Eyes-Like-Lightning, Fardweller, Foehammer, Lightning-Is-Her-Spear, His-Smile-Isa-Harbor, Mind-Like-Fire, Moonspeaker, Oarbreaker, Rainchaser, Soother-Of-Waves, Sparkspitter, Squalltalker, Starfinder, Taller-Than-Masts, Voice-of-Thunder, Wavecutter, Waymaker, Windwalker\n\nWhen other Makers spoke or wrote of them, they used their own tongue. Windwalker was called *Vetrodokha* by the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]** and *Avaelkerzhaer* by the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tempest Lords" ], "body": "- A terrible storm sweeps through, a sky-island floating in its eye\n- A scholar believes that Stonetop hides a trove of Tempest Lord artifacts\n- Cultists seek an orrery with the power to change the stars, to hasten a conjunction that will free their master\n- Bandits unearth a Tempest Lord weapon and threaten Stonetop with it\n- A **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]** seeks to revive a vitrified Maker", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--themes", "title": "Themes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tempest Lords" ], "body": "Pick, or roll 1d12.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tempest Lords" ], "body": "- 1 Elemental forces and **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|primordial power]]**: wielded and harnessed, perhaps imperfectly\n- 2 Storms: thunder and lightning, wrath and fury, power unleashed\n- 3 The heavens: weather and clouds, sky-islands, stars and celestial bodies\n- 4 Sailing: seas and ships, navigation and exploration\n- 5 Machines and devices, **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]** and stored energy\n- 6 Curiosity/experimentation/ invention/hubris\n- 7 Loss of control: unexpected consequences/berserk rage/cataclysmic failure/experiments run amok\n- 8 An empire collapsed: conquering armies, colonies, plunder, lost glory, resentment\n- 9-12 Sized for giants, and roll 1d8 again", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--sites", "title": "Sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tempest Lords" ], "body": "Pick, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--1d6-site", "title": "1d6 site", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tempest Lords" ], "body": "- 1-3 **Lingering signs** of their presence (see below)\n- 4-6 A **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**A ruin**|ruin]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--lingering-signs", "title": "Lingering signs", "level": 4, "path": [ "Tempest Lords", "1d6 site" ], "body": "Pick, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--1d6-sign", "title": "1d6 sign", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tempest Lords" ], "body": "- 1 A place bearing **scars of unchecked power** (next column)\n- 2 **Fragments of a ship or sky-island** (next page)\n- 3-4 **Enigmatic structures** (next page)\n- 5 An **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|elemental spirit]]** of sky, storm, weather, etc.; bound and tethered\n- 6 Ruins of other **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]** or the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**: blasted, shattered, vitrified", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--scars-of-unchecked-power-for-example", "title": "Scars of unchecked power For example:", "level": 3, "path": [ "Tempest Lords", "1d6 sign" ], "body": "- A crater, lousy with fulgurites and shards of glass\n- A fractal, branching pattern etched in a bare expanse of stone\n- A rune-etched menhir or large hunk of **[[43 - Stone Lords#Makerglass|makerglass]]**, near which some fundamental law or force (time, gravity, space, light, etc.) is warped\n- A barren stretch of glass pebbles, strangely colored and always warm\n- The **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Vitrification|vitrified]]** remains of a Maker, a monster, a small army, etc. Crude glass shapes hinting at what they once were, flash-frozen in time\n\nPlaces scarred by such power might very well be **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Storm-cloud potion**|radioactive]]**, **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|haunted sites]]**, and/or corrupted by **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|the Things Below]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--fragments-of-a-ship-or-sky-island-for-example", "title": "Fragments of a ship or sky-island For example:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tempest Lords" ], "body": "- A ship's hull, mostly buried but somehow still intact\n- A torn sail of **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]** mesh, strapped to a rusty metal cross\n- Strange objects, strewn about and long-buried: a crumpled brass cylinder, an etched metal disk, an oversized ship's wheel, a rudder, etc.\n- A rocky outcrop, the stone alien to the surrounding terrain, tilted at an odd angle\n- A cracked slab of granite, big as the granary and shot through with aetherium, floating a few feet above the ground and spinning listlessly\n- Slabs of worked stone: broken, buried, and scattered, like a child's toy dashed from impossible heights", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--enigmatic-structures-for-example", "title": "Enigmatic structures For example:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tempest Lords" ], "body": "- Iron spires, like hollow rusted trees, placed in a line across the landscape\n- A black cube the size of a house; when lightning strikes, the earth lights up for miles with glowing lines that fade over the next few minutes\n- Stone plinths along a ridge line, some of them topped with 6-foot-tall sculptures, like tulips, spinning in the breeze\n- Copper cylinders, each maybe 8 feet tall and caked in verdigris; mostly buried in white and chalky soil\n- Megaliths, etched with ideographs that describe the motions of the stars\n- A bronze plaque upon a stone slab, the only notable feature for miles; untouched by lichen; deeply etched ideographs begin with the phrase, \"This is not a place of honor\"", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--a-ruin", "title": "A ruin", "level": 4, "path": [ "Tempest Lords", "Enigmatic structures For example:" ], "body": "Pick or roll for themes [[45 - Tempest Lords#**A ruin**|Tempest Lords]], structure, purpose, architectural elements, and condition. Place the ruin in an appropriate terrain (see [[14 - The Flats|The Flats]] for the **Flats** and [[40 - South Manmarch|South Manmarch]] for the **South Manmarch**, but Tempest Lords ranged far and wide). Populate it with **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**A ruin**|lingering signs]]**, **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Artifacts**|artifacts]]** and/or **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Storm-cloud potion**|dangers]]** of the Tempest Lords or the appropriate region.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords-2", "title": "1d12 structure", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Cluster of smaller buildings around some central feature\n- 3 Single, larger building (block, dome, ziggurat, etc.)\n- 4 Bunker/vault carved into the stone\n- 5 Platform/amphitheater/terrace(s) 6 Tower/spire\n- 7-9 Sky-island, crashed/grounded (and roll d6 again)\n- 10-11 Sky-island, afloat but anchored/ fixed over a particular place (and roll d6 again)\n- 12 Sky-island, free-floating across the landscape (and roll d6 again)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords-3", "title": "1d12 purpose", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Dwelling (home, barracks, dormitory, etc.)\n- 3-4 Infrastructure (cistern, sewer, lighthouse, harbor, etc.)\n- 5-6 Storage (vault, batteries, warehouse, library, museum, etc.)\n- 7-8 Production (generator, workshop, shipworks, factory, farm, etc.)\n- 9-10 Study/Experimentation (laboratory, observatory, orrery, etc.)\n- 11-12 Enigma (magical device, artistic endeavor, etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords-4", "title": "1d12 architectural elements", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Metal beams/cables/lattices/trusses\n- 3-4 Open spaces: shafts, atriums, vaulted ceilings, overlooks, windows, skylights\n- 5-6 Lines of power: **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#**Ancient wonders**|aetherium inlays]]**, runes, conduits, nodes, currents\n- 7-8 Stylized mosaics/statuary: geometric patterns, fractals, celestial bodies, angelic beings, ships\n- 9-10 Brass fixtures, pipes and pumps, water and steam, gears and flywheels\n- 11-12 Verticality: standing stones, menhirs, obelisks, towers, spires, masts\n\nMost Maker-ruins are sized for giants people two or even three times as tall as humans—but often with smaller-scale rooms, passages, and so forth for their servants.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords-5", "title": "1d12 condition", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-4 Shattered and laid waste by time, disaster, or vandalism; mostly buried, overgrown, collapsed; its purpose unrecognizable\n- 5-8 Crumbling, largely buried, overgrown, or hidden away\n- 9-10 Buried, overgrown, or hidden, but mostly intact\n- 11-12 Fully visible and strangely well-preserved\n\nFor more examples, see the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**.\n\n*[[48 - Titan Bones#Titan Bones|One of the PCs is heading to Titan Bones]]**, and I'd like some sense of what's out there. I think it holds a Tempest Lord ruin, probably once associated with Stormcatcher and the now-Ruined Tower* [[39 - The Ruined Tower|The Ruined Tower]]*.* \n\n*I roll a 3 for theme (\"the heavens: weather and clouds...\"), a 4 for structure (\"bunker/ vault\"), a 3 for purpose (\"infrastructure\"), and an 11 for architectural elementals (\"verticality\"). I then roll a 5 for condition (\"largely buried... hidden\"). I ponder a bit and come up with this:*\n\n*Stormcatcher erected a spire on Titan Bones, like a lighthouse, topped with an aetherium weathervane that modulated the weather. When the Stone Lords' rebellious servants attacked, the tower's custodian took the weathervane and hid beneath the spire. The spire fell and the custodian was trapped. All that remains are scattered stones and a circular foundation. And beneath centuries of dirt and rubble, there's a locked trapdoor. It reveals a spiral staircase, a deep shaft, an intact cellar, a skeleton, and an aetherium weathervane.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--aetherium", "title": "Aetherium", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "An alloy of copper and lightning. Pure aetherium is light, soft, and ductile (similar to tin), but the Tempest Lords and **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]** could further alloy it or manipulate it with magic to have a wide range of properties and uses.\n\nPick or roll for form and characteristic.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--1d12-form", "title": "1d12 form", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "- 1-3 Raw material (ingot/spool of wire/ rod/plate/lamé/shard/etc.)\n- 4-5 Enigmatic shape (torus/orb/tube/ hoop/runes/etc.), its purpose unclear\n- 6-7 Mundane object (tool/vessel/ lantern/etc.), though perhaps not recognized as such\n- 8-9 Art or decoration (jewel/statue/ inlay/torc/amulet/ring/etc.)\n- 10 Clothing/armor (robe/tunic/apron/ cuirass/brigandine/etc.)\n- 11 Weapon (spear/arrow/sword/maul/ shield/trident/wand/etc.)\n- 12 Construction (archway/truss/beam/ door/plating/pipes/etc.), likely *immobile*\n\nConsider rolling 1d6 to inform size/scale.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--1d12-characteristic", "title": "1d12 characteristic", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "- 1 Breathtakingly beautiful\n- 2 Hard and strong as bronze\n- 3 Absorbs/stores/discharges/ transforms an elemental force\n- 4 Suppresses/repels/directs/impedes a particular element/force\n- 5 Vibrates in ways that interact with spirits/magic\n- 6 Extremely light/levitates/defies or reverses gravity\n- 7 Attunes to another item/locale, for communication/detection\n- 8 Roll 1d8 twice\n- 9 Unstable, prone to discharge/failure (*dangerous*) and roll d8 again\n- 10 Relatively soft/ductile/malleable (*crude*)\n- 11-12 Roll again with 1d8, but it becomes unstable and/or soft (as above) after any serious use", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--making-aetherium", "title": "Making aetherium", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "A clever arcanist might rediscover the process of making aetherium. To do so, you must…\n\n- Study a largely-intact aetherium crucible for a few weeks\n- Study both active and depleted aetherium for a few weeks\n- Consult a knowledgeable metalsmith (or be one yourself )\n- Acquire the appropriate chemics (Value 0) and a sizeable mass of copper (Value 1, *immobile*)\n- Devise some way to introduce lightning to molten copper\n- Risk injury, fire, destruction, and failure\n\nWhen you *meet all the requirements*, you can transform a purse of coppers (Value 0) and the appropriate chemics (Value 0) into an ingot or casting of pure aetherium (*magical*, *crude*, possibly dangerous, Value 1 to those-who-know). The process is risky; you are Defying Danger each time you undertake it.\n\nTo imbue aetherium with one of the characteristics above, you'll need access to a trove of Tempest Lord or Forge Lord lore, at least. Beyond that, **Make a Plan** with the GM.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--steading-improvement", "title": ". steading improvement .", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--aetherium-crucible", "title": "AETHERIUM CRUCIBLE", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "Requires all of the following:\n\n- Learning the process of **making aetherium** (at left)\n- Learning to imbue aetherium with at least one special characteristic\n- A reliable means of capturing, storing, and directing lightning that strikes the Stone\n- Securing a steady supply of the chemics needed to make aetherium\n- Securing a steady supply of copper\n- An exceptional smith who knows the secrets of aetherium\n\nWhen you *mark all the requirements*, add \"Aetherium Crucible\" to the Resources list and the map. As long as you trade aetherium to the outside world, increase Prosperity by 1.\n\nHenceforth, small amounts of raw aetherium (*magical*, Value 1) are commonly available in Stonetop, and you have advantage to **Trade & Barter** for the aetherium items with special characteristics (+2 Value).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 condition", "Artifacts" ], "body": "- A small lump of aetherium (Value 0 to most, Value 1 to those-who-know)\n- An oversized aetherium spear-head, dull and soft (*awkward*, *crude*, Value 1)\n- A big brass locket, with a needle inside that points towards a specific Tempest Lord site (Value 2)\n- A few bolts of canvas, the material unfamiliar but very sturdy (Value 2)\n- A thunderstorm trapped in a big **[[43 - Stone Lords#Makerglass|makerglass]]** bottle, capped with aetherium (*dangerous*, Value 3)\n- A few tarnished silver coins from the Tempest Lords' empire (Value 1 to most, Value 3 to the right collector)\n- A codex of thin, metallic sheets, stamped with star charts and Tempest Lord ideographs (Value 3)\n- A wall-sized bronze plaque, showing a map of the entire Tempest Lord empire (*immobile*, Value 4)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--aetherium-urn", "title": "Aetherium urn", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 condition", "Artifacts" ], "body": ", *magical*, *dangerous*\n\nThe lid is held fast by no apparent means. It takes some effort to pry open and eagerly snaps back into place.\n\nWhen *the urn is open and empty*, it draws raw elemental force into it like a lodestone draws iron. With the lid in place, the force is safely stored. If the urn is damaged or dented (not hard), any stored force escapes, violently.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--bronze-ring", "title": "Bronze ring", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 condition", "Artifacts" ], "body": ", *magical*, *fireproof*, lll hours About 8 inches in diameter, an inch thick throughout, scorched and smeared with ash. A button protrudes, with a Tempest Lord glyph that might mean \"stubborn.\"\n\nWhen you *find the ring*, it has enough power to run for 1d4-1 hours.\n\nWhen you *press the button*, the ring fixes in place, defying gravity. It simply will not budge. The effect ends if the ring is bent or broken, or when it runs out of power. There's no obvious way to end the effect early. When *the ring runs out of power*, the button pops out and the effect ends.\n\nWhen *you heat the ring in a forge or kiln* for about eight hours, it gains an hour of use (up to 3 hours).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--floating-sash", "title": "Floating sash", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d12 condition", "Artifacts" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nA length of bluish-white lamé, maybe 6 inches wide by 6 feet long, snaking about in the air. Like a belt, but for someone far larger than you.\n\nWhen you *wrap the sash securely around your waist*, it buoys you against falls—you never fall faster than if you had fallen your own height.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--silvery-tuning-fork", "title": "Silvery tuning fork", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "*magical*, *loud*\n\nWhen you *strike this tuning fork against a hard surface*, it emits a loud tone for about a minute. Nearby (*reach*, *area*) magical effects and creatures become visible: shaking, vibrating, distorted. The noise draws the attention of any spirits or magically attuned beings for miles around.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--storm-cloud-potion", "title": "Storm-cloud potion", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 condition" ], "body": "*magical*, *fragile*\n\nA glass vial of dark-grey liquid, roiling and shot through with sparks.\n\nWhen you *drink a storm-cloud potion*, lightning courses through you. Take 1d10 damage (ignores armor) and mark a debility. Should you survive, hold 3 Storm.\n\nWhile you *hold any Storm*, you cannot feel pain or fear, tell friend from foe, speak coherently, or exercise patience or care. Add your Storm to your Armor, and your melee and thrown attacks do +Storm damage (+*loud*, +*forceful*).\n\nWhen you *reduce someone or something to 0 HP*, lose 1 Storm.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 condition", "Storm-cloud potion" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords-6", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A half-buried plaque|A half-buried plaque]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A cloak, richly embroidered|A cloak, richly embroidered]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A copper-banded staff|A corroded spearhead]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A copper-banded staff|A copper-banded staff]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A bow with no string|An odd conveyance]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A bow with no string|A bow with no string]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "These might very well be associated with the Tempest Lords.\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Azure Hand|Azure Hand]]**\n- **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Ineffable Words|Ineffable Words]]**\n- **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Mysteries of the Storm Markings|Storm Markings]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords-7", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--monsters-and-entities", "title": "Monsters and entities", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- A **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|thunder drake]]** or **[[11 - The Dread River#**Luglfsk**|luglfsk]]**, drawn to aetherium\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenants]]**, victims of the Tempest Lord's experiments, callousness, or wrath\n- An **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|archon]]**, ensuring some Tempest Lord artifact goes unused\n- An **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|elemental spirit]]** or a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Fundamental**|fundamental]]**, tethered to a device or artifice\n- A **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|primordial entity]]** or something **corrupted** by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]], **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Vitrification|vitrified]]**) and held in stasis.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--radiation", "title": "Radiation", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers", "Monsters and entities" ], "body": "Sometimes, the Tempest Lords unleashed such terrible power that it poisoned all it touched: soil, bone, stone, metal. Poisoned them all so deeply that now, still, centuries and centuries later, those things poison all that draws near.\n\nSuch poisonous places are often corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**. But even when they are not, they are dangerous.\n\n- ^ä Point out flora or fauna, stunted and strange\n- ^ä Make their skin itch, make them feel unwell\n- ^ä Inflict a debility that refuses to go away\n- ^ä Have symptoms appear (or return) hours or days after exposure\n- ^ä Have symptoms linger or worsen, perhaps for months\n\nPCs or NPCs exposed to such radiation are prone to developing terrible, wasting illness, months or years later. Write this up as a threat (an *affliction*).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--vitrification", "title": "Vitrification", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "A few Tempest Lords could call up a bolt of power so raw and potent that it would turn whatever it touched into glass. It was dangerous for even them to use, but no foe could stand against it.\n\nIt's possible that some device still exists that can unleash this sort of power. If so, treat it as a threat (a MacGuffin ; Instinct to tempt people into using it). It would require vast amounts of energy and involve extraordinary risks.\n\nWhen you are struck by a vitrifying bolt , reduce your HP to 0 and roll +CON: on a 10+ , you merely suffer terrible burns and will soon be at Death's Door; on a 7-9 , you and your possessions are turned to jagged glass, but you might be restored; on a 6, you die but your corpse, your soul, and your possessions are also turned into jagged glass-should the vitrification be reversed, it's as though you rolled a 6- on Death's Door.\n\nVitrification can be reversed, but you must decide how it's done. Perhaps it involves:\n\n- … vast amounts of power and great risk; … a sympathetic link to the victim, or whatever vitrified them in the first place;\n- … the intervention of a powerful god [[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|Gods and religion]] or primordial entity [[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|Primordial powers]];\n- … spilling the life-blood of your kin upon the jagged glass;\n- … a spell of transference, where someone else becomes vitrified instead;\n- … a spiritwalker releasing the vitrified soul, and guiding it to a suitable vessel;\n- … something different for each victim, or for each source of vitrification;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--elemental-vortex", "title": "Elemental vortex", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "Picture a filigree sphere of aetherium, maybe 6 inches across, a glowing mote swirling at its center. This device-called a matrix-binds an elemental spirit [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|Spirits of the Wild]] and absorbs a particular force, with which the spirit is able to manifest a swirling vortex.\n\nA spirit bound to a matrix must follow any orders given in the Tempest Lord's primordial language. As few alive can give them such orders, any matrices encountered will likely be acting on orders from centuries ago.\n\nPower and size: Each matrix absorbs a particular type of power, and current HP of its vortex reflects its current power. As a vortex gains or loses HP, its size, armor, and damage change as well. At 0 HP, it dissipates and its matrix falls to the ground, inert until it absorbs more HP.\n\nPick or roll to determine a vortex's starting size, HP, Armor, and Damage.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--1d12-hp-stats", "title": "1d12 hp stats", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "| 5-7 | 6 to 11 | Damage d8-2 ( hand ) small ; Armor 2; Damage d8 ( hand ) |\n|-------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| 8-9 | 12 to 18 | Armor 2; Damage d10 ( hand , close ) |\n| 10-11 | 19 to 23 | large ; Armor 3; Damage d10+3 ( hand , close , reach , forceful ) |\n| 12 | 24 to 28 | huge ; Armor 3; Damage d10+5 ( hand , close , reach , area , forceful ) |\n\n**Attacking the matrix:** A matrix itself has only 3 HP. If reduced to 0 HP, the spirit within escapes, dealing the vortex's current damage (+*area*, one range tag greater than normal).\n\nWhen *a PC tries to strike the matrix inside an active vortex*, the vortex's Armor applies. Also, tell them the requirements and/ or consequences. such as:\n\n- You'll have disadvantage to Clash/ Let Fly/deal damage\n- You'll need to create or wait for an opening, where the matrix is exposed\n- You'll need to get in close/let it engulf you\n- You'll need a longer/heavier/*magical* weapon\n- You'll risk losing/ruining your weapon\n- You'll suffer its attack, no matter what\n\nPick options based on the nature of the vortex, the PC's weapon, and the rest of their fictional positioning. The larger the vortex, the harder it is to strike the matrix.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--earth-vortex", "title": "Earth vortex", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, size by HP, *spirit*, *construct*, *amorphous*, *grumpy*, *clumsy*\n\n**HP** varies; **Armor** by HP, +1 (made of rock) **Damage** smash (damage and tags by HP) **Special qualities** half damage from stabbing or slashing weapons (unless *magical*)\n\n**Instinct** to topple and undermine\n\n- ä Manifest a churning mass out of nearby earth, sand, and rocks\n- ä Pin a smaller foe (+*grabby*)\n- ä Grind a pinned foe, dealing damage w/advantage (+*messy*)\n- ä Ruin a sturdy object or structure (costs 1d4 HP)\n- ä Shake the earth (+*area*, +*forceful*, one range greater than normal; costs 1d4 HP)\n\nAn earth matrix absorbs power from pressure, blunt force, and seismic activity. It gains 1d4 HP from a week buried under earth or stone, from being at the bottom of a rockslide or cave-in, or from touching the ground during a major earthquake (not one it created).\n\nWhen you *strike an earth matrix with a bludgeoning attack*, it takes no damage. If the blow was forceful and its vortex has 10 HP or less, it gains 1 HP. (The vortex itself has no such immunities, smash away!)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--fire-vortex", "title": "Fire vortex", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, size by HP, *spirit*, *construct*, *amorphous*, *intense*, *aggressive*\n\n**HP** varies; **Armor** by HP\n\n**Damage** flames & fire (damage and tags by HP, +*dangerous*)\n\n**Special qualities** fireproof; harmed only by *magical* attacks, water, or smothering", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--instinct-to-consume", "title": "Instinct to consume", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- ä Set nearby combustibles alight\n- ä Manifest a vortex out of nearby fire, cinder, smoke, and ash\n- ä Extinguish fires, absorbing their power (*near*, *area*)\n- ä Engulf a smaller foe (+*messy*, +ignores armor)\n- ä Fling flames (+*near*; costs 1d4 HP)\n- ä Leap across a barrier (but lose 1d4 HP)\n\nA fire vortex absorbs power from heat and flames. It gains 1d4 HP by spending a day in an oven or an hour in a forge or kiln, or by absorbing a raging fire.\n\nWhen you *target a fire vortex or its matrix with* **magical** *fire or heat*, it takes no damage. If the vortex has 18 HP or less, it gains 1d4 HP instead.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--lightning-vortex", "title": "Lightning vortex", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, size by HP, *spirit*, *construct*, *amorphous*, *brash*, *arrogant*\n\n**HP** varies; **Armor** by HP\n\n**Damage** zap (damage and tags by HP) **Special qualities** flies; harmed only by *magical* attacks\n\n- **Instinct** to lash out\n- ä Manifest a crackling pillar of lightning\n- ä Change position, incredibly fast (costs 1 HP)\n- ä Stun someone that they zap (costs 1d4 HP)\n- ä Fling a lightning bolt (+*near*, +*forceful*, +*loud*, ignores armor; costs 1d4 HP)\n- ä Tear the lightning from unattended aetherium, gaining 1d4 HP\n\nA lightning vortex absorbs power from, well, lightning. When it is struck by lightning (mundane or *magical*), it gains HP instead of taking damage.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--water-vortex", "title": "Water vortex", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, size by HP, *spirit*, *construct*, *amorphous*, *relentless*, *callous*\n\n**HP** varies; **Armor** by HP\n\n**Damage** pummel (damage and tags by HP) **Special qualities** harmed only by *magical* weapons, cold, or *forceful* blunt attacks\n\n**Instinct** to adjust, flow, and adapt\n\n- ä Manifest a churning wave out of water it touches\n- ä Vanish into/burst out of a body of water\n- ä Engulf a smaller foe (+*grabby*, see below)\n- ä Surge past foes, dragging them off their feet (+*area*, +*forceful*, costs 1d4 HP)\n- ä Move across a porous surface (costs 1d4 HP)\n\nA water matrix absorbs power from currents, tides, waves, and falling water. It gains 1d4 HP from a few days in a flowing stream, a few hours in a rushing river, or a few minutes in rapids or a major waterfall.\n\nWhen you *are engulfed by a water vortex*, hold 1d4 Breath. When you *make a move while engulfed*, and that move involves a roll, spend 1 Breath or mark a debility after rolling. If you can't do either, you drown and are at Death's Door.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--wind-vortex", "title": "Wind vortex", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "*Solitary*, size by HP, *spirit*, *construct*, *amorphous*, *restless*, *fickle*\n\n**HP** varies; **Armor** by HP\n\n**Damage** lashing grit/debris (damage and tags by HP, but w/disadvantage)\n\n**Special qualities** flies, harmed only by *magical* weapons, salt, or lead", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "45-tempest-lords--instinct-to-play", "title": "Instinct to play", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- ä Manifest a vortex of churning wind, grit, and debris\n- ä Engulf a smaller foe (+*grabby*)\n- ä Carry an engulfed foe aloft (costs 1d4 HP)\n- ä Fling objects (+near; costs 1d4 HP)\n- ä Flee when hurt, frightened, or bored\n\nA wind matrix absorbs power from moving air. It gains 1d4 HP from weeks exposed to normal weather, an hour in high winds, or a minute or so in a tornado.\n\nWhen you *strike a wind vortex with a salt or lead*, it takes 1d4 damage from a handful, 2d4 damage from a item, and 3d4 damage from a item or amount.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below", "title": "The Things Below", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**The Things Below**\n\nThey are older than the world. They are **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|primordial entities]]** of darkness, chaos, and corruption.\n\nWhen light first filled the void, they were huddled in the shadows. When matter coalesced, they were there, chewing at its edges. When the First Creators thought \"I am me\" and named themselves, Those Who Dwelt in Darkness sought their ruin. They whispered lies and stoked egos. They urged the Creators to war amongst themselves. To lay waste to their creations. To let chaos reign.\n\nBut the First Creators saw the lies for what they were. They saw the danger posed by the Eldest of Evils. But they saw, too, the utility of such deception.\n\nAnd so, the Creators laid a trap. They came together to forge the world itself: matter and energy, land and sea and sky, life and death. They set in motion a system so vast and intricate and wondrous that They Who Whispered could not help but be jealous, could not help but try to destroy it.\n\nWhen the Terrible Ones moved to destroy the world, the First Creators sprung their trap. They folded the world around the Things That Knew Only Hate, sealed them away in rock and stone, bound them in the earth itself. The world— this world, what would become our world—became their tether and their prison. And they, so shackled, became the Things Below.\n\nNo prison is perfect. With the slow turn of ages, the bindings weakened. The Things Below whispered once again, and those whispers found ears.\n\nThe **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]** learned firsthand the chaos that those whispers could unleash. They found the cracks in the world-prison and laid great seals upon them. For a time, the whispers were quiet.\n\nBut the **[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]** remembered those whispers and what they promised, and called upon the Things Below to crush the traitorous **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**. The Green Lords were ultimately defeated, but the real damage had been done: the bindings were weakened. The whispers of the Things Below had returned, had become a song.\n\nThe Stone Lords' own servants heard that song. Sorcerers arose among them, gathered followings, then cults. In secret, they laid their plans and spread their lies. When the time was right, the sorcerers broke the seals and ushered in the Time of Cataclysm.\n\nThe Stone Lords' cities sank. Mobs of their servants turned against them. In the north, a dark and terrible howling arose and the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]** sacrificed themselves to stop it. A wave of horrors burrowed up from the **[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|Flats]]**, bringing the last of the **Tempest Lords** low [[45 - Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]. The Things Below stoked the jealousies and fears of the **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]**), turning them against each other.\n\nThe time of the Makers was over.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--the-current-age", "title": "The current age", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Things Below" ], "body": "In the aftermath of the Makers' fall, the would-be sorcerer-kings of the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]** came to dominate the World's End. For generations, the region—and perhaps the wider world knew only horror, and suffering, and war.\n\nAnd yet: the power of the Things Below waned. For centuries now, they have lain mostly quiet in the earth. What brought those dark times to an end? That's for you and your table to decide, but perhaps…\n\n- … the **gods** themselves [[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|Gods and religion]] intervened;\n- … mortal heroes worked a great binding, empowered by great sacrifice;\n- … the brave and the desperate rose up across the land, toppling sorcerers and banishing horrors one-by-one;\n- … the world began to heal itself and renew its bindings;\n- … the Things Below—sated on destruction and woe—simply tired and withdrew;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\nWhatever caused the Things Below to fall back, their retreat was incomplete. Some places remain touched by their influence, some creatures stained to the heart. Objects of power linger, corrupting the unwitting, and some of these—like the sorcerers of old—dance in the dark to a nightmarish tune.\n\nOf late, within the past generation or so, tremors have coursed through different quarters of the World's End. Do prisoners in the depths strain once more against their shackles?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Things Below" ], "body": "- A local unwittingly offers sacrifice to a corrupted spirit, gaining power; the spirit asks for (and offers) more\n- A conundrum vexes the PCs; consulting **[[46 - The Things Below#**A black menhir**|a black menhir]]** might help\n- **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|Crinwin]]** have started to worship at a **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted site]]**) becoming corrupted in turn\n- **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Adventurer|An antiquarian]]** is secretly a thrall to a Thing Below, and seeks to unleash a more powerful servant\n- A spot in the fields around Stonetop goes bad, festering like an infected boil, corrupted by a discarded artifact", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below-2", "title": "Lore", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--everyone-knows", "title": "Everyone knows:", "level": 3, "path": [ "Lore" ], "body": "- Evil things are bound deep within the earth\n- Sometimes, they send forth demons to wreak havoc upon the world\n- Deep water is the most likely place for such horrors to emerge\n- **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]** keeps such horrors at bay by constantly burning bendis root", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--one-might-know", "title": "One might know:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Lore", "Everyone knows:" ], "body": "- About the Time of Cataclysm and what came after\n- The name, titles, aspects, powers, or minions of a given Thing Below\n- How their power corrupts places, artifacts, people, beasts, and spirits\n- How to bind, cleanse, or ward off their taint/power/minions\n- That unclean things recoil from bendis root smoke, but truly fierce or willful ones can overcome it\n- That bronze is bane to the Things Below, and that **[[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|orichalcum]]** is even more effective\n- The difference between corrupted beings and emanations", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--very-few-know", "title": "Very few know:", "level": 4, "path": [ "Lore", "Everyone knows:" ], "body": "- Of their true nature\n- How they came to be imprisoned\n - Any way to truly destroy one", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below-3", "title": "Questions", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- What frightening tale from childhood featured the Things Below?\n- What little thing do villagers do to ward off their attention or influence?\n- When did you first feel their presence? What happened? What still haunts you about that experience to this day?\n- What place nearby is said to be tainted by their influence? What sign marks it as such?\n- How do the locals speak of them? In hushed tones? In dire sermons? Somewhere in between?\n- When was the last time the village dealt with a demon, cult, or sorcerer?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below-4", "title": "Demons", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "In truth, there's no such thing as demons. Or rather, \"demon\" is not a meaningful term. It's often used to refer to **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanations]]** of or **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|beings corrupted]]** by the Things Below. But folks might use the term to apply to any number of supernatural terrors. If it's hostile, magical, and has (or can take) a physical form, someone is likely to call it a demon.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--themes", "title": "Themes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "When you introduce a Thing—or more likely, when you introduce a site, artifact, or danger associated with one—choose or roll 2 or more prompts from the theme table here. Combine the results and see where they take you. Alternatively, pick one of the **[[46 - The Things Below#**For We Are Many**|established Things Below]]**, and use its themes.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "- 1 Darkness/cold/despair: the swallowing of light, warmth, and hope (obsidian, hoarfrost)\n- 2 Denial/shame/secrets/deceit: the rejection of truth, forgiveness, trust (pearls, eyes, masks)\n- 3 Delusion/delirium/nightmare: the loss of self, the breaking of minds and wills (quicksilver, mirrors, reflections)\n- 4 Hunger/need/addiction: lack and desperation, the howling want (wind, fangs, meat)\n- 5 Cruelty/torture/violence/rage: the urge to hurt, kill, and dominate (red crystal, spilled blood)\n- 6 Destruction/chaos/ruin/ignorance: the tower crumbling; anxiety and loss (fire, ash, dust)\n- 7 Wounds/injury/pain: the rending of flesh, the breaking of bone (blood, bones, claws, blades)\n- 8 Corruption/disease/decay: the loss of strength, wholeness, wellness (vermin, poison, acid, filth)\n- 9 Gluttony/greed/jealousy: the need for more, ever more (mouths, serpents, gems, swarms)\n- 10 Confinement/suffocation/pressure/ abuse: the crushing weight of helplessness (chains, water, earth)\n- 11 Mutation/transformation/roiling flesh: the malleability of the body (wax, clay, slime, tentacles)\n- 12 Death/undeath/loss/grief: the end of all things, the refusal to let go (skulls, tombs, pyres)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--creating-a-thing", "title": "Creating a Thing", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "As it becomes necessary to flesh out a Thing Below, combine its themes (previous page) with 2 or more aspects to inspire your descriptions of it. Choose or roll an instinct, or invent one of your own.\n\nIf a Thing Below becomes an ongoing source of problems for the PCs (and it probably will), then give it a name and one or more grandiose titles. Write it up as a threat (a *magical entity*).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d12-aspect", "title": "1d12 aspect", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "- 1 Chitin/shell/carapace/armor 2 An elder/a crone/a stooped old man 3 Fire/light/haze/cloud/vortex/void 4 Horns/wings/tail(s)/hooves\n- 5 The inanimate, animated/an amalgamation of things\n- 6 Many-limbed/many-headed/\n- many-eyed/many-bodied 7 Moisture/tentacles/slime/ooze\n- 8 A predator/a warrior/a warlord/ a ruler\n- 9 Scales/sinew/suppleness\n- 10 Skulls/bones/corpses/death\n- 11 Vastness/immensity\n- 12 A youth/a child/an infant\n\nRemember that the Things Below are not bound by constraints of biology, physics, or reality. Make their aspects impossible and weird, things of fever-dream and drugfueled vision.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d12-instinct", "title": "1d12 instinct", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "- 1 To stoke conflict, confusion, distrust\n- 2 To erode hope/faith/honor/ self-image\n- 3 To hide/bury/smother things or ideas\n- 4 To deprive others of what they need\n- 5 To inflict harm, cruelly and unnecessarily\n- 6 To desecrate/mutilate/ruin things of value\n- 7 To shock/terrify/horrify others\n- 8 To wantonly devour and consume\n- 9 To befoul and corrupt beauty/ strength/dignity\n- 10 To fight and hurt and kill and rage and hurt some more\n- 11 To dominate, punish, and crush\n- 12 To simply destroy, nothing more and nothing less\n\nTweak the instinct you choose to reflect your growing understanding of this particular Thing Below.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--names-titles", "title": "Names & titles", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "The true names of the Things Below are nigh impossible for humans to comprehend, much less pronounce. What names we have for them are crude approximations. Still, they work well enough to call upon their power.\n\nTo name a Thing Below, try one of these:\n\n- Pick an unpleasant word or concept, translate it into a language you and your players don't know (\"hunger\" >> \"Hlad\" in Czech)\n- Take the name of a supernatural entity from pop culture, literature, or another game; change it a little or a lot (\"Dagon\" >> \"Daagon\").\n- Combine short, unlikely sounds, often with apostrophes to denote short pauses or inflection (\"Hec'tumel\")\n- Some combination of the above\n\nThen, give each Thing one or more evocative titles, keeping in mind the themes and aspects already established. Look to the lists below for inspiration, altering word forms to suit (i.e., \"suppurate\" might becomes Suppurating, Suppuration, or Suppurator).\n\n**Article/preoposition:** the, a, an, who, which, that, of, in, on, through, with, without, o\n\n**Verb:** bargain, bleed, break, bring, burn, burrow, bury, butcher, chew, consume, crawl, crush, dance, deceive, deny, desire, despoil, destroy, eat, end, engulf, feed, fester, flense, freeze, haunt, hide, hoard, howl, hunger, keep, know, lack, laugh, lie, melt, offer, promise, rage, rend, roil, rot, scatter, scurry, seep, shape, shatter, sing, slaughter, sleep, slough, smother, snuff, spoil, starve, steal, strain, suppurate, swallow, swarm, topple, unravel, wallow, want, weave, whisper, wither, etc.\n\n**Adjective:** all-consuming, awful, black, blackest, broken, crimson, cruel, dark, dead, desperate, eldest, false, forty, endless, first, forgotten, forlorn, gray, great, hidden, hundred, hungry, implacable, inexorable, lost, mad, many, pale, pallid, red, rusty, secret, terrible, thousand, unkind, unliving, vast, wrathful, yellow\n\n**Role:** child, daughter, father, heir, herald, king, lady, last, lord, master, mistress, mother, prince, princess, thief, queen, son, tyrant, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--example-names", "title": "Example names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "Use these as a starting point to develop your own Things.\n\n- Ha'z-Ra'iel, Herald of Grief, Thief of a Thousand Hopes\n- Na'ieraak, the Liar in Shadows, He Who Freezes the Heart\n- Unhlef'k, the Nightmare that Eats, the Dream with Teeth\n- Ta'l Themyin, Burning Child, Cruel Infant, Prince of Rage\n- H'nisat, the Suppuration, the Wound that Festers\n- Hakog, False Wind and Last Whisper of Deceit\n- Lalacheewa, Who Sups on Ash and Sorrow", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--for-we-are-many", "title": "For We Are Many", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "The Things Below are legion, varying wildly in power and predilection, activity and ambition. Some are whispered of by peoples far and wide. Others are local terrors, gnawing at a single thread of the world that binds them.\n\nFollowing are half a dozen Things Below that may or may not exist in your game.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--daagon-who-waits-in-deep-waters", "title": "Daagon, Who Waits in Deep Waters", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "Threat (*magical entity*)\n\n**Themes** gluttony/greed/jealousy, roiling flesh/mutation/transformation **Instinct** to take from the surface,\n\nto never let go\n\n- ^ä Send forth minions to do its bidding\n- ^ä Offer power, wealth, immortality\n- ^ä Demand a sacrifice\n- ^ä Twist its servants into wet and wriggling things\n\nThose foolish enough to brave deep water will tell you: something lurks below. Something patient, something vast, an abyssal mouth opening into a belly that can never be filled. Its countless squirming servants brave the dry and choking land to gather flesh, to gather bone. To steal all wealth and beauty. To take lives full of hope and promise, and feed them to the yawning dark wet jaws.\n\nSee also: **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#Blackwater Lake|Blackwater Lake]]**, the secrets of **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**, and the **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Ring of Daagon|Ring of Daagon]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--el-rash-orra-lord-of-orbs-the-many-eyes", "title": "El'rash-Orra, Lord of Orbs, the Many-Eyes", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "Threat (*magical entity*)\n\n**Themes** denial/shame/secrets/deceit, delusion/delirium/nightmare\n\n**Instinct** to reveal all manner of ugliness\n\n- ^ä Spy on someone's actions, desires, shames\n- ^ä Give knowledge (wanted or not) via dreams/visions\n- ^ä Twist someone's senses (of reality, of themselves)\n\nShould you find yourself alone, and yet convinced that you're being watched, it's best not to turn and look. For if you do, you might see a great and disembodied eye. Or worse: a faceless sovereign upon a silver throne, brandishing a silver orb. And should it stand, and let its robes fall open, it will be as the night sky with countless twinkling eyes that see all shames and doubts, all regrets, all guilts and secret fears that have ever been or those that might yet be. Lo! It will show them all to you! Gladly, it will show you! Whether you wish to see or not.\n\nSee also: the **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Mysteries of the Staff of the Lidless Orb|Staff of the Lidless Orb]]**.\n\nThreat (*magical entity*)\n\n**Themes** darkness/cold/despair, undeath/ death/loss/grief\n\n**Instinct** to smother life, hope, and light\n\n- ^ä Sense powerful longings/emotions\n- ^ä Offer services, secrets, or power\n- ^ä Twist a bargain to its favor\n\n'Tis a pale thing, a dead thing, a long reptilian creature with skulls where it should have eyes. It slithers through darksome, bonestrewn caves. Caves that drip with tears and lost hopes. It raised up the first sorcerers, gave them the power they craved. It asked only for little things, harmless things, things they'd never miss. And it delighted, yesss it delighted so, when the gifts it gave brought their recipients low. Brought them low, and everything around them, yesss.\n\nSee also: the **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Hec'tumel Codex|Hec'tumel Codex]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--hlad-the-devourer-the-eternal-maw", "title": "Hlad, the Devourer, the Eternal Maw", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "Threat (*magical entity*)\n\n**Themes** hunger/need/addiction, destruction/chaos/ruin/ignorance **Instinct** to consume reality\n\n- ^ä Erode strength, wholeness, life\n- ^ä Draw in the weak-willed\n- ^ä Grow in strength and power\n\nThe Eternal Maw is a hole in reality, a howling vortex of destruction. To hear its song is to know that all things will end, to wish for the respite of oblivion. To look upon it is to see the void, to know the futility of struggle. To touch it is to feel all strength and courage fail, to face a terrible choice. Will you submit to its implacable hunger? Or will you become one of its infinite mouths?\n\nSee also: the **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Hungering Maw of Hlad|Hungering Maw of Hlad]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--l-bin-bozia-flesh-candle-the-wax-skull-roiling-tomb", "title": "L'bin'bozia, Flesh-Candle, the Wax Skull, Roiling Tomb", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "Threat (*magical entity*)\n\n**Themes** roiling flesh/mutation/transformation, confinement/suffocation/ pressure/abuse\n\n**Instinct** to horrify and overwhelm\n\n- ^ä Torment with nightmares\n- ^ä Turn someone's flesh against them\n- ^ä Offer them respite, at a terrible price\n\nIn your dreams, it finds you. It grabs you with a host of hands, thick as tastebuds on a terrible tongue. The hands drag you down through water, through soil and stone, to a tomb of black basalt and splintered bone. They twist your head, unwilling, to look upon your host: a corpse, bubbling and blistering and wreathed in white flame, leering from a chair of squirming limbs, welcoming you to your eternal wretched home.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--y-aaw-kara-the-howling-wind-the-flayer-of-flesh", "title": "Y'aaw'kara, the Howling Wind, the Flayer of Flesh", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "Threat (*magical entity*)\n\n**Themes** hunger/need/addiction, cruelty/ torture/violence/rage, wounds/ injury/pain\n\n**Instinct** to spread pain and misery\n\n- ^ä Sense or amplify hunger/fear/ anger/pain\n- ^ä Offer the strength of cruelty\n- ^ä Inflict the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**) on someone\n\nTo the people of the far north, Y'aaw'kara's voice is constant as the wind. For he is the angry word. He is the gnawing winter hunger. He is the dream of vengeance upon those who have wronged you, or those who simply have more. Greet him, and you shall see a starving wolf with the body of a starving man, bleeding from a dozen wounds. Listen to him, and you shall hear his wheezing breath, howling like a blizzard gale. Invite him in, and never be prey again.\n\nSee also: **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]**, the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#The Whitefang Mountains|Whitefang Mountains]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--corrupted-sites", "title": "Corrupted sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "These are places where the influence of the Things Below has taken hold, where their power seeps into the world. If the site itself hasn't been established, combine the terrain in which it is located with a feature.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d12-feature", "title": "1d12 feature", "level": 3, "path": [ "Demons", "Corrupted sites" ], "body": "- 1 Nothing to mark it but the terrain itself\n- 2-3 A distinctive (un)natural landmark (big tree, natural arch, spring, etc.)\n- 4 Signs of great destruction (ash fields, crevasse, lava flow, mudslide, etc.)\n- 5 A beast's lair/burrow/den\n- 6 A tomb/barrow/memorial, left by the locals or their ancestors\n- 7 An old dwelling/gathering place of the locals or their ancestors\n- 8 A ruin of **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|the Makers]]**, or a lingering sign of their presence\n- 9-12 Deep water, the depths obscure, conceals the site (roll 1d8)\n\nOnce the site is established, pick or roll its themes [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]] to identify the nature of the Thing corrupting the place (or, if you know the Thing is one already established, apply its themes to the site).\n\nPick or roll the cause and severity of the corruption. Populate the place with **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|artifacts]]** and **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|dangers]]** associated with the Things Below, plus\ndiscoveries and dangers appropriate to the surrounding area.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d12-cause", "title": "1d12 cause", "level": 3, "path": [ "Demons", "Corrupted sites" ], "body": "- 1 Erosion/shifting earth/ the implacable passage of time\n- 2 A failed attempt to wield primordial power\n- 3-5 An artifact/a sorcerer's bones/ remains of a corrupted beast/etc., left to fester\\*\n- 6-8 An offering of flesh/blood/trauma, intentional or not\\*\n- 9-10 A summoning/an invocation/ a misguided invitation\\*\n- 11-12 A seal or binding that kept prior corruption in check, now weakened\\* (roll d10 again for the original corruption)\n- \\* Decide whether this was intentional, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (1-2: intentional; 3-4 misguided; 5-6 accidental/ incidental). If it was intentional or misguided, who did it and why? If accidental, what happened?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d12-severity", "title": "1d12 severity", "level": 3, "path": [ "Demons", "Corrupted sites" ], "body": "- 1-3 A shunned place: full of **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|disquiet and unease]]**, not actively dangerous but where it's easy to draw upon their power\n- 4-6 A hungry place: full of **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|whispers and visions]]**, calling the unwholesome, trapping and consuming the unwary\n- 7-9 A poisonous place: full of **[[46 - The Things Below#**On a 6-**, pick 1:|unnatural phenomena]]**, corrupting those who visit\n- 10-11 A spawning place: where **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanations]]** congeal and manifest\n- 12 A wound in the world: spreading rot, bleeding horror, getting worse\n\nThe dangers from a lower level of severity can be found in higher levels, too. A hungry place is full of whispers and visions but perhaps disquiet and unease as well.\n\nIf a corrupted site will be a source of ongoing trouble, write it up as a **threat** (a *MacGuffin*), with an impending doom and grim portents that reflect it getting worse. Look to the list of causes (previous page) for ideas about what could make a corrupted site worse, and what sort of new dangers it might start to manifest.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--cleansing-corrupted-sites", "title": "Cleansing corrupted sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "The Things Below are loathe to relinquish what power they have in the world, but they can be bested with bravery, cunning, and knowledge. Some PCs (like the Blessed) will have powers or arcana that let them bind or contain the evil in a place. Absent such power, the PCs will need to Make a Plan. Consider such requirements as:\n\n- You must learn the name of the Thing Below that taints this place You must find the seed of corruption within the site You must create/obtain \\_\\_, with which to bind the evil (next column) You must repair the bindings that previously held back the corruption You'll need the help of a powerful spirit/Fae It'll take days/weeks of prayer and ritual cleansing You must wait until high noon/the solstice/the equinox/the full moon The best you can do is stop it from getting worse\n- It will require burning sacks of bendis root (Value 2)\n- You'll risk being corrupted yourselves You'll risk making things much worse\n\nTo bind corruption, one might use…\n\n- … a tree, especially an elder tree;\n- … a large piece of stone/crystal/amber/ **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**;\n- … a ring of runes, deeply etched;\n- … a spike/vessel of bronze, **[[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|orichalcum]]**, or **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]**\n- … a **[[12 - Fae#**Getting there**|Fae domain]]**;\n- … a barrow/cairn/vault/urn/vessel, sealed and sanctified;\n- … a perpetual holy flame;\n- … the bones of a pure soul, properly carved and prepared;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\n*The PCs are following the river Sruth to its source. I've decided that they'll pass a corrupted site along the river. I've no particulars in mind, so I roll a 6 for feature (tomb/barrow/memorial of the locals or their ancestors). That makes me think of the Barrow Builders* [[05 - Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]*. For themes, I roll 6 (destruction/chaos/ ruin/ignorance with \"fire, ash\") and 8 (corruption/disease/decay with \"vermin, poison, acid, filth\"). I roll a 2 for the cause (attempt to wield primordial power), and a 3 for severity (a shunned place).*\n\n*I discard my first instinct to make it a sorcerer's tomb and decide instead that it's a cairn on a low hill, overlooking the river. Inside lie the remains of a sorcerer-king's child. The sorcerer tried to call them back from beyond the Last Door, but succeeded only in blighting the hillside with fell power. To this day, the stones are hot to the touch, steaming in rain and snow. Nothing grows there, and a swath of sickly, barren soil runs down the hill to the river, where it becomes bubbling, poisonous muck.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--red-crystal", "title": "Red crystal", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "Pulsing, warm, and thirsting for blood, like cruelty solidified. Red crystal is associated with the most violent and hateful of the Things Below. It grows in places they have corrupted, sometimes jutting from the earth in prodigious quantities. Creatures corrupted by the Things Below might have claws or fangs or antlers made of the stuff.\n\nRed crystal has subtle effects, but can be put to many uses. For example:\n\n- Those with power over others find it fascinating; the victimized find it terrifying (plenty of people find it both)\n- It causes tempers to flare, stokes resentment, pushes folks to act on impulse\n- It absorbs any blood it touches, growing warmer and glowing brighter\n- Sorcerers can fashion it into potent talismans, or use it to fuel their magic\n- Demon-hunters sometimes use it to lure their prey into traps", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--artifacts", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "- A **crude stone figurine** of some beast, the claws and fangs exaggerated and seemingly stained with blood (Value 0)\n- A **pot full of dust** (3 uses, *fragile*, Value 1 to the right person) that causes a racking cough, weakness, maybe even paralysis\n- A **lantern** (5 hours, *reach*, *area*, *magical*, Value 1) made of twisted black metal; its flame casts pale light that leaches color and chills the air\n- A **chunk of red crystal** (previous column), shaped to look like a leering skull (Value 1 to the right person)\n- A **large tome of supple vellum** (best not to ask the source) full of ramblings in an archaic dialect, unsettling images, and arcane diagrams (Value 2)\n- A **human(ish) skull** but with six eye sockets and jutting lower tusks, carved with disturbing patterns and inlaid with silver (Value 3 to the right buyer)\n- A **twisted elder tree**, found with deer licking at its sap and ignoring the approach of threats; the sap can be refined into a highly addictive drug", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--a-black-menhir", "title": "A black menhir", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*magical*, *immobile*\n\nA number of these megaliths have appeared in the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]** of late. They are jagged chunks of basalt, tall as a tall lad, etched with intricate patterns that could be writing, almost. The earth around them is broken and disturbed. They are unmarred by moss or lichen, untouched by shoot or vine.\n\nWhen you *study the intricate markings and let your mind wander*, you receive a vision or intuition about the current situation. The GM will describe it. But first, roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, pick only 1; **on a 7-9**, pick 2; **on a 6-**, alas, all 3 are true.\n\n- Part of what you learn is false or misleading (but what?)\n- You start to suffer nightmares, of horrors shifting in the earth\n- The menhir asks a question about your shame, guilt, or fears—answer truly", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--a-deep-dark-shaft", "title": "A deep, dark shaft", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "A hole in the ground, maybe 5 feet wide, at least 100 feet deep, ending in a watery chamber or underground lake that contains a **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#**Call of Daagon**|Mouth of Daagon]]**.\n\nWhen you *linger near the shaft*, answer one of the following:\n\n- Of whom are you most jealous, and why?\n- What do you wish to possess, more than anything?\n- When did you last feel trapped and helpless?\n\nWhen you *toss something down the shaft*, Daagon devours it utterly. When *someone falls down the shaft*, they are gone, body and soul.\n\nWhen you *feed the Mouth of Daagon someone or something beloved* (by anyone, not just you), Daagon gives you a gift.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d6-gift", "title": "1d6 gift", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "- 1 A physical change (scales, rubbery flesh, gills, a tentacle, etc.)\n- 2 An item of luxury or status (Value 2)\n- 3 A precious item (Value 3)\n- 4 A \"priceless\" item (Value 4)\n- 5 A way to best your rivals or defeat your enemies\n- 6 A way to acquire great power or long life\n\nWhatever the gift, it arrives soon: while you sleep, in your dreams, or via vision or coincidence or happy accident.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--an-iron-spider", "title": "An iron spider", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*magical*, *indestructible*\n\nAbout the size of one's palm, half an inch thick, rusted around the edges, with legs folded up on the back. A hidden button makes the legs extend and reveals their bladed tips. Sometimes, when you go to retrieve it, it's not quite where you left it.\n\nThe spider is hungry when you find it. When you *plunge the hungry spider into a person's flesh*, they lose 1d4 HP every few seconds until it's torn free (1d8 damage, *messy*, ignores armor). Should the spider drain them to 0 HP, it becomes sated.\n\nWhen you *plunge the sated spider into a person's flesh*, they take 1 damage (ignores armor) and will not age for 1d10 years. If they are middle aged or older, they regain some vigor of their youth. Then, the spider becomes hungry.\n\nEach time someone uses the spider to extend their life, their features change subtly, becoming blander, waxier, more pallid, less specific. Should they die after exceeding their mortal lifespan, they become a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|revenant]]**, hungering for blood.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--an-obsidian-pendant", "title": "An obsidian pendant", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nA lump of volcanic glass, impossibly black, set in a pendant and hanging from a leather cord. The glass sucks up light from nearby sources, causing them to dim. (The sun and moon are unaffected, as they are far, far away.) More subtly, the pendant also sucks up kindness, making individuals in its presence more callous and self-centered.\n\nWhen you *wear or carry the pendant openly for a few minutes or more*, your eyes adjust and can see clearly in all but pitch darkness. But also, your instinct for the session becomes \"Callousness: to disregard the feelings, needs, or wellbeing of others.\"", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--a-serpentine-armband", "title": "A serpentine armband", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*magical*, *beautiful*, Value 3 Cast from silver that never seems to tarnish, with what appear to be two small rubies in its eye sockets. It seems like it might not fit—but what do you know, it does.\n\nWhen you *wear the serpentine armband openly for all to see*, NPCs find you magnetic, becoming jealous and possessive of your attention. Tempers flare quickly, and you might need to Defy Danger or Persuade others in order to take your leave. Ask each PC you encounter how the armband affects them.\n\nWhen you *remove the armband after wearing it and basking in the regard of others*, you find yourself pining for that feeling of being adored. Roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you'll get over it; **on a 7-9**, either put the armband back on (and keep it there) or mark a debility; **on a 6-**, you cannot sleep until you put the armband on and wear it openly around others.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--a-silken-noose", "title": "A silken noose", "level": 4, "path": [ "Demons", "A serpentine armband" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nA length of fine cord, tied into a noose with a few feet hanging free. It's remarkably tough, but a bronze blade will slice right through it. If untied and left unattended, it re-ties itself into a noose.\n\nWhen you *slip the noose around someone's neck*, it cinches tight—snug and uncomfortable, but the victim can breathe.\n\nWhen *your victim lies or refuses to answer a question*, the noose tightens and strangles them until they die or gasp out the truth.\n\nWhen you (or anyone else) *tries to remove or loosen the noose*, it starts to strangle the victim. If you (or they) stop, it relaxes. If you (or they) persist, it quickly crushes the victim's windpipe.\n\nWhen *the victim dies*, the noose slackens and can be removed.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "Demons", "A serpentine armband" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d6-minor-arcanum", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A strange pendant|A strange pendant]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A ragged fur cloak|A ragged fur cloak]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A silvery glass bottle , fragile, magical|A disturbing mask]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A silvery glass bottle , fragile, magical|A silvery glass bottle]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A whispering… word?|A vellum scroll]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A whispering… word?|A whispering… word?]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 3, "path": [ "Demons", "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "These are almost certainly associated with the Things Below.\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Mysteries of the Staff of the Lidless Orb|Staff of the Lidless Orb]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Demonhide Cloak|Demonhide Cloak]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Whispering Rocks|Whispering Rocks]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Blood-quenched Sword|Blood-quenched Sword]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Hec'tumel Codex|Hec'tumel Codex]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Red Scepter , magical|Red Scepter]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Ring of Daagon|Ring of Daagon]]**\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Hungering Maw of Hlad|Hungering Maw of Hlad]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "**Disquiet and unease** Places touched by the Things Below are *wrong*. Most people and natural beasts shun such places, and spirits of the wild\n\nAs you describe the environment or make any of the GM moves below, show off the themes [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]] and instinct [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]] of the Thing Below behind all this.\n\neither flee or become tainted themselves.\n\n- ^ä Introduce something ominous (a cold spot, a dramatic gust of wind, mist/fog, a foul stench, etc.)\n- ^ä Make something seem worse than it is\n- ^ä Imply that allies might betray them\n- ^ä Ask about their fears/doubts/shames/ animosities\n- ^ä Have an NPC get edgy/act weird/ freak out\n- ^ä Reveal a lack of natural spirits, or only unsavory ones, plus a hateful power that yearns to be called forth", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--whispers-and-visions", "title": "Whispers and visions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "Where the influence of the Things Below is strong, people hear voices, see things that aren't there, experience powerful emotions.\n\nAs you describe the environment or make any of the GM moves below, show off the themes [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]] and instinct [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]] of the Thing Below behind all this.\n\n- ^ä Twist their senses\n- ^ä Lure them deeper/closer\n- ^ä Keep them from sleeping\n- ^ä Fill them with growing dread\n- ^ä Overwhelm them with **terror** (next page)\n- ^ä Stir an unsavory emotion (anger, jealousy, despair, hate, resentment, etc.)\n- ^ä Whisper a suggestion or compulsion\n- ^ä Show an NPC struggling to keep it together, to keep control\n- ^ä Have an NPC succumb to the whispers/ their fear/their emotions\n\nWhen you *do as the whispers suggest*, mark XP and they can now compel you.\n\nWhen *the whispers compel you*, mark XP if you do as they bid. If you resist, roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, do as you wish; **on a 7-9**, choose 1:\n\n- Act as compelled, but divert yourself at the last moment\n- Struggle for control until someone/ something snaps you out of it\n- Hurt yourself (1d4 damage, ignores armor) and immediately regain control", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--on-a-6-pick-1", "title": "On a 6-, pick 1:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "- Mark a debility, lose 1d4 HP, and do something drastic to regain control\n- Run with it, coming to later having done gods-know-what\n\n**Terror** When you *are overwhelmed with terror*, and do anything other than flee, hide, or cower, pick 1:\n\n- Work yourself up to the task (ask the GM what happens in the meantime)\n- Act rashly and recklessly (incurring additional cost or consequence)\n- Mark a debility of the GM's choice, and act immediately", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--unnatural-phenomena", "title": "Unnatural phenomena", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "As the corruption of a site grows stronger, the world starts to twist and unravel. As you describe the environment or make any of the GM moves below, show off the themes [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]] and instinct [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]]) of the Thing Below behind all this.\n\n- ^ä Present something impossible and disturbing (bleeding walls, water pooling on the ceiling, darkness that light won't penetrate, etc.)\n- ^ä Have light sources dim/sputter/snuff out\n- ^ä Reveal that food has spoiled/drink has fouled\n- ^ä Inflict a debility (from fear/cold/ennui/ hunger/fatigue/nausea/despair/etc.)\n- ^ä Eat away at their gear, have it fail for no good reason\n- ^ä Trap them in a maze of time/space/ perception\n- ^ä Threaten/hinder/grab/tear at them with the environment\n- ä Corrupt them [[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|The Things Below]]\n\nThe power of the Things Below can infuse a person, beast, or spirit, corrupting them. This could happen when they…\n\n- … call on the Things Below for power, intentionally or not\n- … spend time in a **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted site]]**, one that's poisonous or worse\n- … attempt to cleanse someone or something of corruption, and things go wrong\n- … are harmed/infected by an **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|artifact]]** or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanation]]** of the Things Below, by one of **those who bear their taint** (next page), or by a **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted being]]**.\n\nAdd these to the list of GM moves for afflictions:\n\n- ^ä Give them a gift [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]], or increase one's potency\n- ^ä Inflict a mark upon them [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]], or make one worse", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--pcs-and-corruption", "title": "PCs and corruption", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "If a PC possesses a **major arcana** associated with the **[[46 - The Things Below#**PCs and corruption**|Things Below]]**, then the arcana's mysteries and consequences reflect the PC's growing corruption. Likewise, the **[[Inserts#Thrall|Thrall]]** playbook insert reflects a PC being corrupted by the Things Below. If a PC has one of those arcana or inserts, allow its mechanics to drive their corruption. Don't give them additional gifts or marks unless they are corrupted in some additional way.\n\nShould a PC become corrupted by the Things Below without gaining a major arcana or insert, then ask the player how they want to handle it. Do they see the corruption as a threat to their character, something to rid themselves of and struggle against? If so, write it up as a threat (threat type: *affliction*) and focus on increasingly problematic marks. But if the player wants to explore the power that's now available to them, and the cost of that power, then create a playbook insert for them, using the Thrall insert as inspiration.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--corrupted-being", "title": "Corrupted being", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "To create a corrupted being, start with the original NPC, threat, or monster stats and consider how or why it was **[[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|corrupted]]**. If the being is a spirit and it normally would have a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Sacred sites|sacred site]]**, create it as a **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted site]]** instead.\n\nIdentify the themes [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]], aspects, and instinct [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]] of the Thing Below responsible for the corruption. Then pick or roll gifts and marks, up to 3 of each.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d12-gift", "title": "1d12 gift", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "- 1 A terrifying presence/aura/gaze\n- 2 An ability to pass unnoticed (in certain conditions)\n- 3 Immunity to certain harms (poison, disease, fire, cold, drowning, etc.)\n- 4 Mind games/false sensations, inflicted on others\n- 5 Minion(s)/spirit(s)/creature(s), always lurking or called up as needed\n- 6 Regeneration/rejuvenation/ immortality\n- 7 Serendipity/luck/hexes/misfortune, bestowed on others\n- 8 Some power to torment/bind/harm at range\n- 9 Transformation/mutation/growth\n- 10 Uncanny insight/inexplicable knowledge\n- 11 Unnatural resilience (Armor 4 except vs. bronze, +4 HP)\n- 12 Vicious/terrible/mighty physical attacks", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d12-mark", "title": "1d12 mark", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "- 1 Contagion/pollution/transmission of their corruption\n- 2 Compulsions (per **[[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|whispers and visions]]**)\n- 3 Intolerance (to something natural/ pure/sacred)\n- 4 Nightmares/visions/hallucinations\n- 5 Physical mutations (scales, reptilian eyes, claws, warped limbs, etc.)\n- 6 Some sort of taboo (can't cross a line of salt, can't lie, etc.)\n- 7 Strange appetites/needs/fascinations\n- 8 Unhealthy/unnatural appearance\n- 9 Unwholesome presence (puts children/natural beasts on edge)\n- 10 Unnatural signs (no shadow, no reflection, aura of cold, etc.)\n- 11 Vulnerability to bronze (its touch burns, its presence distracts)\n- 12 Wounds that heal slowly (but they regain HP normally)\n\nConsider these gifts and marks in light of the Thing and original being. How has their corruption made them both more and less than what they once were? Revise their stats, tags, qualities, and moves to reflect all of the above. Add the *corrupted* tag.\n\nIf the being is a spirit, alter its manifestation to reflect the themes and aspects of the Thing that corrupts it. Bronze weapons can always harm a manifest corrupted spirit, and might ignore its armor.\n\nHow has corruption changed the being's behavior? Are they merely a conduit for their master's instinct? Do they struggle to maintain their own identity? Has their corruption combined with their original personality in an unusual way? Rewrite their instinct to suit.\n\n*The Seasons Change roll indicates that a threat makes itself known or gets worse. I decide that Iwan, an aggrieved villager, has unwittingly started to dally with a corrupted spirit. I like the idea of an evil glasbren [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**The Brennauwed**|Spirits of the Wild]] sensing Iwan's resentments and \"courting\" him.*\n\n*I start by working up the glasbren's tree as a corrupted site. I get 4 for a feature (signs of great destruction), an 11 for the cause (seal/binding weakened and roll 1d10 again), and a 4 on the reroll (an artifact/remains festering). For severity, I roll a 9 (a poisonous place). I think some evil artifact was bound by an old tree in the glasbren's grove, but a fire swept through and only the glasbren survived. It's deeply scarred and corrupted by the artifact.*\n\n*Looking at the names of Things Below, my eye catches on \"Ta'l Themyin (Burning Child, Cruel Infant, Prince of Rage).\" I pick themes of \"destruction/chaos/ruin/ignorance (fire, ash, dust)\" and \"cruelty/torture/violence/rage (red crystal, spilled blood).\" I pick aspects of \"fire/light/haze/cloud/vortex/void\" and \"a youth/a child/an infant.\" For instinct, I pick \"to inflict harm, cruelly and unnecessarily.\" I think the Red Scepter* [[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Red Scepter , magical|Red Scepter]] *is the artifact buried in the glasbren's grove!*\n\n*I pick gifts of \"immunity to certain harms\" (fire), \"serendipity/luck/hexes/misfortune, bestowed on others,\" and \"vicious/terrible physical attacks\" (a fiery grasp). I think it is marked by \"strange appetites\" (burnt and bloody offerings). Combining these elements with the glasbren's curiosity and penchant for bonding with mortals, I end up with this stat block:*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--corrupted-glasbren", "title": "CORRUPTED GLASBREN", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "Solitary, spirit, devious, magical, fiery, beautiful, corrupted HP 19; ARMOR 1 (lacks organs) DAMAGE searing grasp d10 (hand, grabby)\n\nSPECIAL QUALITIES tethered to its tree, fireproof\n\nINSTINCT to spread cruelty, pain, fire\n\n- > Travel freely between fires, burnt trees\n- > Sense resentment, anger, wrath, and cruelty\n- > Manifest a beautiful form of cinders and flame (unharmed by stabbing, vulnerable to water and bronze)\n- > Stoke the flames of conflict\n- > Offer affection/confidence/power in exchange for \"gifts\" of fire and blood", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--cinderboar", "title": "Cinderboar", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*Group*, *gluttonous*, *hardy*, *vicious*, *corrupted*\n\n**HP** 14; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. bronze **Damage** gore d8+2 (*hand*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** fireproof; hot as banked coals; bleeds oily, choking smoke\n\n**Instinct** to destroy, especially the most stable people/things\n\n- ä Snort and giggle\n- ä Start a fire, incidentally\n- ä Gnaw through and eat anything, eventually\n- ä Refuse to die, persist beyond reason\n\nThere is a burnt and blasted place, where the **[[42 - The Steplands#The Steplands|Steplands]]** abut **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier's Fen]]**. It once boasted a **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lord]]** fortress: grand, a tower eternal, lit by a fiery gem. But the servants rebelled. The seals were sundered. Ta'l Themyin, the Burning Child, shattered the gem and toppled the tower and laughed and laughed and laughed. His rage still boils to the surface, poisoning any beast bold enough to forage in these ruins. His cruelty sends them forth, to uproot and topple, to sunder and burn.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--morgais", "title": "Morgais", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *hoarder*, *devious*, *watery*, *beautiful*, *corrupted*\n\n**HP** 19; **Armor** 1 (lacks organs) **Damage** watery tendril 1d8 (*close*, *reach*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to a skull or trinket, deep in its pond\n\n**Instinct** to collect drowned souls\n\n- ^ä Manifest as a youth or beast, shaped from water (unharmed by cutting or stabbing, unless made of bronze)\n- ^ä Entrance with beauty, song, or grace (see below)\n- ^ä Drag them under, revealing their loathsome nature\n- ^ä Laugh merrily as they drown\n\nThe spirits of even shallow ponds can be callous and uncaring. How much worse, then, are the spirits of those deeper pools that have claimed the lives of mortals? For—willing or not—they have made offering to Daagon, and let it in to their watery hearts.\n\nWhen you *listen to the morgais' song or let your gaze linger on its graceful form*, your heart fills with longing. If you go to it willingly, mark XP. If you *wish to turn away*, roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, you see the ugliness beneath and can think clearly; **on a 7-9**, you shake yourself free but the longing remains—mark *miserable* or *dazed* (your choice); **on a 6-**, you approach before you realize what you're doing.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--cultist", "title": "Cultist", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*Group*, *cautious*, *magical*, *corrupted* **HP** 6; **Armor** 0 (or by worn armor) **Damage** d8 (tags by weapon) **Special qualities** marked by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]\n\n**Instinct** to belong, to feel important\n\n- ä Use one of their gifts [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]\n- ä Make a sacrifice for the cause\n- ä Have second thoughts, maybe?\n\nFolks are capable of all sorts of dark things, if someone else suggests they do them. Especially if they're desperate. Especially if the person leading them is someone they trust, or respect, or admire. And if that first little dark deed comes without any consequences, or any consequences to them? Well, then the next dark deed might not be so little, hmm?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--sorcerer", "title": "Sorcerer", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *cunning*, *magical*, *cautious*, *corrupted*\n\n**HP** 14; **Armor** 0 (or by worn armor) **Damage** iron blade d8 (*hand*) **Special qualities** marked by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]\n\n**Instinct** to aggrandize themselves\n\n- ^ä Use one of their gifts [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]\n- ^ä Amass power through study/ sacrifice/rites\n- ^ä Unleash their power\n- ^ä Reveal a plan or preparation\n\nSome seek out corruption, embrace it. They might not have chosen the path, but at some point they chose to keep walking, believing the power on offer was worth the cost. Some think they are in control. And perhaps they are—for now.\n\nSorcerers are often in possession of one or more **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#An old scroll case , fragile|arcana]]**, which they do not hesitate to use. They may or may not be followed by **cultists** (see above).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--thrall", "title": "Thrall", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *undead*, *hardy*, *magical*, *corrupted*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 0 (or by worn armor) **Damage** d10 (tags by weapon) **Special qualities** marked by their master [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]\n\n**Instinct** to explore their condition or to hide their condition or to serve their master's whims\n\n- ä Use one of their gifts [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]]\n- ä Struggle against their master's impulses\n- ä Act on their master's impulses\n- ä Recover from terrible, even mortal injury\n\nWhen the Last Door stands open before you, what will you do? Some step through bravely, with a nod to the **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death's Door**|Lady of Crows]]**. Others stagger through, weeping and wailing. Others—consumed by longing, vengeance, or duty—spit on fate, turn their back on the Last Door, and cling to this world for a time.\n\nBut what if… you simply want to live? What if, when faced with oblivion, you called upon one of the Things Below and offered yourself up to them?\n\nWhat if they said yes?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--wretch", "title": "Wretch", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*Horde*, *hardy*, *terrifying*, *corrupted* **HP** 7; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. bronze **Damage** malformed appendages d6 (*hand*, *close*, *grabby*)\n\n**Special qualities** horribly misshapen, bound to their prison, burnt by bronze (+1d6 damage)\n\n**Instinct** to make the pain stop\n\n- ä Moan, whisper, wail\n- ä Reveal themselves, terribly\n- ä Heal wounds, regrow limbs, get back up\n\nThe victims of L'bin'bozia (Flesh-Candle, the Wax Skull, Roiling Tomb) find themselves turned into… things. Furniture. Decoration. Masses of flesh where it's hard to see where one poor soul ends and the other begins. They do not die of old age. They cannot starve. They must endure, trapped in the cave or the mire or the tomb, or wherever they met their fate. They must persist, in pain, begging for some outsider to come and end their suffering.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--emanation", "title": "Emanation", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "The Things Below are well and truly trapped—bound within the earth, *to* the earth. Even during the Time of Cataclysm, they did not walk free. They are tethered as long as the world remains.\n\nBut there are cracks in the world. Places where their influence bubbles up. Deep water is the surest of these, which is why it is often filled with horrors. But any place can bear their taint.\n\nThe power of the Things Below usually just corrupts what's already there. But sometimes, it coalesces. It creates something new, something terrible. A spirit or being with a will and purpose of its own. Scholars call these \"emanations.\" They are not truly part of a Thing Below. They are... discharge. Leavings. Spawn.\n\nTo create an emanation, identify the Thing Below it spawned from, including its themes [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]], aspects, and instinct [[46 - The Things Below#**Emanation**|The Things Below]]. Identify, too, the **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted site]]** it inhabits. Pick or roll for its origin.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--1d12-origin", "title": "1d12 origin", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "- 1-2 Arose in the aftermath of great devastation/atrocity\n- 3-4 Burst forth from a **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted being]]** that absorbed too much power\n- 5-6 Called forth, via a terrible ritual\n- 7-8 Given shape by worship/adoration/ feeding\n- 9-10 Let into the world by accident/ hubris, a failed attempt to bind/ cleanse/wield the power of the Things Below\n- 11-12 Spawned spontaneously from a truly **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted site]]**\n\nImagine the emanation that forms as a result. It will share at least some of the themes and aspects of the Thing from which it spawned, and might share its instinct. An emanation has its own memory, arguably its own personality. It might communicate with its progenitor, or do its bidding, but an emanation is its own thing.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--hand-of-daagon", "title": "Hand of Daagon", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *emanation*, *terrifying*, *cautious*, *curious*\n\n**HP** 23; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. bronze **Damage** many hands d12+1 (*hand*, *close*, *grabby*, ignores armor)\n\n**Special qualities** blind; tremorsense; reaches through matter like it was water **Instinct** to feed the Mouth\n\n- ä Sink into the stone, or emerge from it\n- ä Provoke abject revulsion\n- ä Reach through armor, clothing, flesh, bone to take what is most valued\n- ä Retreat with its prize, back to the water\n\nIn a deep deep cave, where light has never shined, there is a lake. In that lake, there is a Mouth of Daagon: ever-hungry, evergreedy, consuming all that it is offered.\n\nAnd in the caverns around that lake? There you will find the Hand: ever-groping, ever-grasping, dragging all it finds of value back to the Mouth.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "46-the-things-below--voice-of-the-eternal-maw", "title": "Voice of the Eternal Maw", "level": 2, "path": [ "Demons" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *emanation*, *devious*, *terrifying*, *hungry*\n\n**HP** 19; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. bronze **Damage** scream d10 (*near*, *area*, *reload*, ignores armor) or unnaturally large and toothy maw d10+2 (*hand*, *messy*, 3 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** tethered to the vortex, unable to leave the mountain\n\n**Instinct** to create more mouths, more wraiths\n\n- ä Compel someone with **whispers** (see [[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|The Things Below]]), even from afar\n- ä Possess a traveler, especially one who is hungry, weary, or tired\n- ä Drive its host to feast\n- ä Leave its host corrupted, withering, doomed to become a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|wraith]]**\n\nHidden in the southern arm of the Huffel Peaks, there is a gorge that splits a mountain. The gorge is cloaked in constantly churning mist, cold and clammy. At the base of the gorge is a thin split in reality, a vortex, a manifestation of Hlad the Devourer, sucking in everything it touches.\n\nThe mountain and the gorge are shunned now. The **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** and the **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]** who live nearby know better than to approach. But the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]** fed the vortex. They brought it gifts, and offerings, and living, screaming sacrifice. In time, these offerings gave the vortex a Voice. And the Voice roams the mountain still.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake", "title": "Three Coven Lake", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Deep in the **[[42 - The Steplands#Spring|Steplands]]** lies a large lake, eight miles long by three. The waters are murky, often choppy, shallow in some places, in others 100 feet deep.\n\nRocky islands poke from the water. Bluffs line much of the shore. But look closer. Those islands are the feet of ancient towers, and those bluffs are riddled with rockcut rooms. For long ago, in the days of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**, this was a mighty city. Teirstered, they called it. The City of Three Stars, rivalled only by great **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#Blackwater Lake|Dulenn]]**.\n\nPicture it! See it in your mind! The stone and crystal spires, rising from the lake. Their glowing tips of **[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]**, shining in the night. The walkways, stretched between the towers, so that one might walk the valley's length without ever setting foot on shore.\n\nThose walkways were more than just convenience. They formed a mighty rune, a seal that helped to bind the power of the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**. The ceaseless march of countless feet powered the rune, like how water turns a wheel.\n\nWhen the Stone Lords' servants rebelled, they sank the city of Dulenn in one night. But here, in Teirstered, things took longer. Mobs rose up against their masters and besieged them in their towers. They broke the walkways, called up horrors from the deep. Towers swayed, then crumbled, then fell beneath the waves.\n\nSoon, the city lay in ruins. But it was not abandoned. The **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]** fought over its bones. They sought the treasures of their fallen masters, and to seat themselves upon their thrones. Their armies spilled each others' blood. The waters drank it up.\n\nIn time, there was little left to fight over. In time, the Things Below withdrew. The tyrants of the Barrow Builders were cast down, or imprisoned, or left alone to rot. Teirstered, the City of Three Stars, was no more.\n\nBut the blood-drunk waters of Three Coven Lake remained.\n\n**Three Coven Lake**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Three Coven Lake" ], "body": "- So… much… water… (gulp)\n- Calm water: reflections of the bluffs\n- Choppy water: cold and dark, the angry churn and spray\n- Broken buildings, glimpsed beneath the water\n- Echoes off the bluffs: waves, voices, birdcalls, mournful screeches\n- At night: motes of light in the deep\n- When chilly: fog—thick, wet, gloomy\n- In winter: a white expanse, frozen solid, windy, slick, snow-covered", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--the-three-covens", "title": "The Three Covens", "level": 2, "path": [ "Three Coven Lake" ], "body": "Three lights can be seen every night, like ghostly flames: one among the northern bluffs, one on the south shore, the third upon (below?) the waters. **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** call them \"the Covens\" or the \"the Witch Lights.\" They hesitate to say more.\n\nWho or what are the Covens? That's for you to decide. But perhaps they…\n\n- … burn in memory of the three conspiracies, or covins, that rose up against the Stone Lords, and the witches who led each one;\n- … were once the \"Three Stars\" of Tierstered, makerglass gems burning with eternal flame;\n- … are **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Dangers**|banefires]]**, each one imprisoning an undead sorcerer;\n- … are spirit-catchers, enthralling ghosts and keeping them bound;\n- … are ghostly hordes standing vigil over mass graves; or\n- … are some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Three Coven Lake" ], "body": "- A foe of the PCs makes their lair near the lake\n- An ally went to explore the lake but never returned\n- Hillfolk are gathering near the lake, in large numbers\n- The PCs acquire the key to the **Vault of Skol Paasco** (see next page)\n- Someone aims to destroy the dam (draining the lake, flooding the Sruth, dooming Marshedge)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--getting-there", "title": "Getting there", "level": 2, "path": [ "Three Coven Lake" ], "body": "To get there directly from Stonetop…\n\n- First you must travel to the Steplands, which will take at least 4 days.\n- From there, it will take at least 3 days and a corresponding amount of supplies.\n- You need a knowledgeable guide; but Even then, you risk getting lost.\n\nTo get there from **[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge]]**, follow the River Sruth upstream to the lake, and…\n\n- It will take at least 4 days, and a corresponding amount of supplies; and\n- You need a knowledgeable guide or you risk getting lost.\n\nEither way…\n\n- The terrain itself is treacherous, you risk injury on the way;\n- The way is grueling, you risk exhausting yourselves/your resources; or\n- The way is perilous, plagued with danger.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--areas", "title": "Areas", "level": 2, "path": [ "Three Coven Lake" ], "body": "- **The Gwazhi:** A sizeable river that feeds the lake, flowing from the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**.\n- **Surrounding hills and valleys:** Once full of farms, mines, villages, manors. Site of many Barrow Builder battles.\n- **Western shores:** Where the Gwazhi enters the lake. Marshy, silty, gross. Frogs, birds, bugs.\n- **Northern shore:** Piles of boulders and a great looming bluff. Treacherous shorelines.\n- **Southern shore:** Gentler (but still rugged) shorelines, with smaller bluffs a ways back from the water.\n- **Eastern shore:** Deep water. Sheer bluffs joined by a Stone Lord dam.\n- **The Lake itself:** Shallow near shores but plenty of deep, open water. Hides many dangers and many treasures. Freezes over in winter.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--sites", "title": "Sites", "level": 4, "path": [ "Three Coven Lake", "Areas" ], "body": "- **The dam:** A mighty wall between two bluffs on the eastern shore. Granite blocks, mortared in place with makerglass. A huge pipe drains water into the river Sruth. Beware the **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#**The whirlpool**|whirlpool]]**.\n- **Glassworks:** The westernmost bluff on the south shore, hollowed out. Partly collapsed, wholly looted, still full of cold, echoing furnaces and huge globs of makerglass.\n- **The Academy:** Part of the north bluff. Maker-sized dormitories, workshops, and lecture halls. Gutted and vandalized. Used by Barrow Builders as a fortress.\n- **Amphitheater:** Carved into a bluff, overlooking a large cove on the southern bank. Impossibly good acoustics. The site of countless bloody sacrifices.\n- **The Vault of Skol Paasco:** A large, rocky isle in the middle of the lake, a tower's foundation clearly visible. A heavily-warded makerglass door guards the untouched cellars.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake-2", "title": "Terrain", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12). If you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake-3", "title": "1d12 bluffs terrain", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Cliff/ledge/cleft/crevice\n- 3-4 Scree/rubble/boulders\n- 5-6 Overhang/plateau/outcrop\n- 7-8 Tree(s)/shrub(s)\n- 9 Waterfall/pool/travertine\n- 10 **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow|Barrow]]**\n- 11 Walkway/stairs/balcony, carved into the stone\n- 12 stone lord site [[47 - Three Coven Lake#**1d12** stone lord site|Three Coven Lake]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake-4", "title": "1d12 shoreline terrain", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Marsh/mire/mudflat\n- 3-4 Beach/shingle/shallows\n- 5-6 Drop-off/strong current/undertow\n- 7-8 Jumble of boulders/rubble\n- 9 **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow|Barrow]]**\n- 10 stone lord site [[47 - Three Coven Lake#**1d12** stone lord site|Three Coven Lake]]\n- 11 Island/sandbar and roll d10 again\n- 12 Cove/bay/inlet and roll d10 again", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--1d12-stone-lord-site", "title": "1d12 stone lord site", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d12 shoreline terrain" ], "body": "- 1 Sunken head of an enormous statue, coated in algae. Sings a haunting song each sunset.\n- 2 Vaulted chamber, littered with pieces of an obsidian mirror once 30' across. Shards reflect brief vignettes of days long past.\n- 3 Four-story \"tower\" carved out of a bluff. Crystals inside emanate light, awe, reverence.\n- 4 Bluff-sized building of seamless stone. Inside, a warren of unstable, bone-strewn apartments.\n- 5 Double doors, crudely barricaded. Beyond: a cracked crystal, a broken ward, lingering evil.\n- 6 Big island made mostly of huge, curving stone slabs. Alcoves hold signs of ancient refugee camps: cookware, salvage, keepsakes.\n- 7 Spiral stairs, rising 100' from a pile of rubble. Makerglass, giant- sized steps, draped in vines.\n- 8 Big blocky building. Intact. Doors buried under rubble/scree. Holds a cache of spare construct parts.\n- 9 Warren of rooms carved into a bluff. Once a Stone Lord's manor, then a warlord's fortress, finally the site of her demise.\n- 10 Long stretches of narrow stone walkway, mostly buried by silt and shallow water. Covered in algae, mud, faded runes.\n- 11 Rocky island far from shore, like a great hand holding a broken stone platter. Ancient (?) skulls are heaped on every surface.\n- 12 Makerglass tower, largely intact but fallen sideways into the lake. Full of wonders, algae, eels, stale air pockets, Stone Lord ghosts.\n\nThe above are just examples. See [[43 - Stone Lords#**Ruin**|Stone Lords]] if you need to create more or different sites. Most sites were **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Sites**|reclaimed]]** by the Barrow Builders at some point.\n\nMost sites around Three Coven Lake were long ago stripped of anything valuable. If a site contains some sort of treasure, there must be a reason. It could be…\n\n- … inaccessible (buried, locked, flooded, well-hidden, etc.) ;\n- … **[[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|corrupted]]** by the power of the Things Below;\n- … dangerously **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|haunted]]**;\n- … protected by **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Construct**|constructs]]**, **[[43 - Stone Lords#Perilous stone|perilous stone]]**, bound spirits, and/or other magic;\n- … currently inhabited; or\n- … some combination of the above.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 shoreline terrain" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d12 shoreline terrain", "Discoveries" ], "body": "- 1 A change of terrain [[47 - Three Coven Lake#**1d6** discovery|Three Coven Lake]] and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 An opportunity (next page)\n- 4 An artifact of… (next page)\n- 5 An encounter (next page)\n- 6 Something related to the portal (next page)\n\n| 1d6 | opportunity |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | A shrine to the **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#**Screech eel**\\|Blood-drunk Queen]]**, or some other **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Sacred sites\\|sacred site]]** |\n| 2 | A painful psychic imprint, revealing something useful about these ruins |\n| 3 | A route/path to an intriguing site |\n| 4 | A boat/raft (roll d6 for condition) |\n| 5 | A good place to rest/restock/lay an ambush |\n| 6 | A long-buried ruin, recently exposed by a rock/mudslide |\n\n| 1d6 | artifact of… |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | … the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below\\|Things Below]]** |\n| 2 | … **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Dool trees**\\|death and the undying]]** |\n| 3 | … the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords\\|Stone Lords]]** |\n| 4 | … some other group of **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers\\|Makers]]** |\n| 5-6 | … the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders\\|Barrow Builders]]** |\n\n| 1d6 | encounter |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#**The whirlpool**\\|People]]** of some sort |\n| 2 | **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#**The whirlpool**\\|Witches or their ilk]]** |\n| 3 | The **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#**The whirlpool**\\|restless dead]]** |\n| 4-5 | **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#**The whirlpool**\\|Local wildlife]]** |\n| 6 | **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#**The whirlpool**\\|Other entities]]** |\n\nPick or roll for their disposition. Let the result suggest the specifics of the encounter.\n\n| 1d6 | disposition |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | Scheming/deceitful/in disguise |\n| 2 | Afraid/injured/in trouble |\n| 3 | Wary/furtive/sneaking about |\n| 4 | Annoyed/struggling/working |\n| 5 | Unaware/indifferent/at rest |\n| 6 | Friendly/curious/playful |\n\n| 1d6 | related to the portal |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | A reference to it (a sign, an icon, a written description, a rune, etc.) |\n| 2 | A hint to its location (a map, directions, a detailed mural, etc.) |\n| 3 | A means to charge it (like a **[[43 - Stone Lords#**A chalky potion**\\|power-crystal]]**) |\n| 4 | Documentation: a **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A time-worn missive\\|time-worn missive]]**, the sigils of other portals, a treatise on the axiom of local contagion, etc. |\n| 5 | A token that unlocks the door and bypasses the guardians |\n| 6 | The portal itself (see below) |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--the-portal-of-teirstered", "title": "The portal of Teirstered", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 shoreline terrain" ], "body": "Hidden away in some vault—guarded by constructs, traps, and spells of misdirection—there stands a slab of white stone, 40' by 40', inscribed with a circle of deep-cut runes.\n\nThe circle is a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|portal]]**, connected to those in the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**, the **[[28 - The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]]**, **[[52 - Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**, and so forth. It requires a power source. If one is provided, it can be used via **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Opening the Way|Opening the Way]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake-5", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--natural-hazards", "title": "Natural hazards", "level": 4, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- A stretch of water and reason to brave it\n- A bluff to climb and a reason to climb it\n- Poor footing (mud, unstable rubble, scree, slick wet stone, etc.)\n- **Rockslides** or **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|mudslides]]**\n- A gap or barrier in a path/walkway\n- Jagged rocks to fall on\n- Swarms of midges or mosquitos annoying, distracting, painful, diseased", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--unnatural-hazards", "title": "Unnatural hazards", "level": 3, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Dangers**|Unstable construction]]** from the days of the Stone Lords\n- **[[43 - Stone Lords#Perilous stone|Perilous stone]]**\n- **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Dangers**|Traps]]** left by the Barrow Builders\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|Corrupted sites]]** and all that they entail\n- **[[11 - The Dread River#**Dangers**|Cursed objects]]**\n- Darkness and the risk of getting lost, deep inside the bluffs", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake-6", "title": "The lake itself", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- Instinctive dread, from a generational fear of water\n- Steep, unexpected drop-offs\n- Poor footing (slick rocks, mud, plants and other snares)\n- Strong, often unseen currents\n- Choppy water, waves up to 4' on extremely windy days\n- Shivering cold, the threat of debilities or even **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|hypothermia]]**\n- Getting dragged down by your own gear\n- The fact that they probably can't swim\n\nSee also: The **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#**Screech eel**|Blood-drunk Queen]]**.\n\n**Drowning**\n\n When you *plunge beneath the water*, hold Breath equal to 1 + your CON. If you first took a deep breath, hold 2 extra Breath.\n\nWhen you *make a move while under water*, and that move involves a roll, choose 1 of the following after the move is resolved:\n\n- Spend 1 Breath\n- Mark a debility\n- Drop to 0 HP; you're drowning and soon to be at Death's Door", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake-7", "title": "Thin ice", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The lake starts to freeze in early winter and thaws in early spring. It's usually frozen at least 4\" thick (safe enough to walk on) by midwinter. But it doesn't freeze uniformly; it can be 2' thick in one place and just a few inches thick only a few yards away.\n\n- ^ä Footsteps fall with a hollow noise\n- ^ä Water/slush well up around your feet\n- ^ä Something underfoot cracks, lurches\n- ^ä SPLOOSH\n\nAnyone falling through the ice risks panic and drowning. If they manage to escape, they're probably already suffering **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|hypothermia]]**.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--the-whirlpool", "title": "The whirlpool", "level": 2, "path": [ "Thin ice" ], "body": "Near the dam at the east edge of the lake, a great drain draws in water and empties it into the river Sruth. When one or more PCs get too close, start the following:\n\nl They're caught in the current l They're dragged closer, and can no longer swim/paddle free l Down the funnel they go l **Impending doom:** They are sucked into the pipe\n\nWhen you *get sucked into the pipe*, take 1d10+2 damage with advantage (ignores armor) and roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you get spat out into the river, alive but soaked and beaten (mark a debility); **on a 7-9**, you get spat out but mark a debility and lose 1d4 4 from your inventory and 1d4 small items; **on a 6-**, as a 7-9 but also you are at Death's Door.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake-8", "title": "People", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]**: exiled, on patrol, on the hunt, on a rite of passage, etc.\n- **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Adventurer|Antiquarians]]**, **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Adventurer|adventurers]]**, or **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Invasion** Threat (*affliction*) **Instinct** to subjugate|legionaries]]**, exploring the ruins\n- **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Horned drake**|Bandits]]**, seeking shelter or after some big score", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake-9", "title": "Witches or their ilk", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- A **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|necromancer]]**, treating with the many many dead\n- A **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|hdour]]** or **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|sorcerer]]**, seeking/hoarding power\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|Cultists]]** and/or a **[[46 - The Things Below#**Cultist**|thrall]]**, living among the ruins\n- A **[[42 - The Steplands#**Gouzadn**|gouzadn]]**, quite possibly **[[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|corrupted]]**\n- A **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Deathless ones**|deathless one]]**, who's been here all along", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--the-restless-dead", "title": "The restless dead", "level": 2, "path": [ "Witches or their ilk" ], "body": "- A multitude of **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]**, haunting battlefields, mass graves, and sites of more intimate death\n- **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**People**|Barrow wights]]** guarding some \"royal\" tomb\n- **[[05 - Barrow Builders#**Phantom rider**|Phantom riders]]**, still serving their long-dead warlord\n- A waterlogged **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Shade**|pyped]]**, diving for bones of the drowned\n- A small army of **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Anan Gllo]]**), in stasis, awaiting fresh blood\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Shades]]** bound by old Stone Lord magic", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake-10", "title": "Local wildlife", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|Bat swarms]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bears]]**, **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|grochslons]]**, or **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|kleztigrs]]**, lairing in bluffs or ruins\n- **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|Cougars]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wolves]]**, or **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|spitting drakes]]** on the hunt or lurking in wait\n - **[[14 - The Flats#Aurochs|Aurochs]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Dangers**|boars]]**, **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Dangers**|horned drakes]]**, or a **[[42 - The Steplands#**Bat swarm**|brawzbedr]]**, foraging or watering at the lake\n- Any of the above, **[[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|corrupted]]** by the Things Below", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--other-entities", "title": "Other entities", "level": 3, "path": [ "Local wildlife" ], "body": "- Stone Lord **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Construct**|constructs]]** in various states of repair\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]**, quite possibly **[[46 - The Things Below#**Corrupted being**|corrupt]]**\n- Watery terrors: **[[11 - The Dread River#**Luglfsk**|luglfsk]]**, **[[11 - The Dread River#**Luglfsk**|jellied horrors]]**, **[[24 - Green Lords#The Unquiet Dead|llamudwr]]**, or **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#**Servants of Daagon**|servants of Daagon]]**\n\n**The Chained Beast**\n\n*Solitary*, *large*, *corrupted*, *aquatic*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 20; **Armor** 2 (fur and scales)\n\n**Damage** toothy maw d10+3 w/advantage (*close*, *grabby*, *messy*, 1 piercing) or raking claws d10+1 (*hand*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** chained to a heavy block of makerglass, takes +1d6 damage from bronze, soothed by a well-sung song\n\n**Instinct** to gorge itself\n\n- ^ä Scent blood, anywhere in the lake\n- ^ä Shoot through the water\n- ^ä Snatch prey, pull it under\n- ^ä Regenerate any wound not dealt by bronze\n- ^ä Drag its mooring across the lakebed, slowly and painfully\n\nIt was a gift from the Things Below, a present to some Barrow Builder tyrant. They bound it fast and kept in the waters nearby, feeding it a steady of diet of screaming, bleeding victims. It's still out there, sleeping for years or decades at a time, roused by copious amounts of fresh blood in the", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--screech-eel", "title": "Screech eel", "level": 2, "path": [ "Local wildlife" ], "body": "*Horde*, *small*, *aquatic*, *stealthy*, *cautious* **HP** 3; **Armor** 1 (speed), 2 vs. attacks from above the water\n\n**Damage** tearing bite d6 (*hand*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Instinct** to feed on easy prey\n\n- ^ä Slink up on potential prey\n- ^ä Screech to attract other eels (barely heard above the water)\n- ^ä Attack in a frenzied swarm, all bites and screeches and churning bloody water\n\nAbout 5' or 6' long. They mostly prey on fish or fowl, hunting silently and by themselves. Somehow, though, they learned that people are delicious. Too big for one eel to tackle, sure. But people in the water are clumsy and oblivious. So when a screech eel spots someone in the water, it calls out to its friends. And when enough of them have gathered, they feast.\n\n**Three Coven Lake**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "47-three-coven-lake--the-blood-drunk-queen", "title": "The Blood-drunk Queen", "level": 2, "path": [ "Local wildlife" ], "body": "Threat (*magical entity*)\n\n- **Instinct** to slake her thirst for violence and suffering\n - ^ä Appear in dreams, or to those who are drowning: a gaunt and longlimbed queen, her mouth stained crimson\n - ^ä Wash up a secret/treasure, to tempt fools or stir up violence\n - ^ä Turn the lake against those who have not appeased her\n\nThe lake has always had a spirit. A fickle goddess, beautiful and bountiful, sometimes harsh and greedy. But then the walkway-seal was broken, and horror seeped into the waters. Then the multitudes were drowned, and the goddess drank their deaths. Then came generations of violence, and she\n\nWhen you *make a bloody offering to the spirit of the lake*, roll and add…\n\n- … +1 if you do it at a proper shrine;\n- … +1 if the victim dies in agony & fear; and\n- … +1 if you spill the lifeblood of a human-sized creature, or +2 if you spill substantially more than that.\n\n**On a 7+**, you have appeased the spirit of the lake and She will not actively torment you or your companions (for this visit, at least). Also, **on a 10+**, hold 2 Preparation (per the Bolster move), which you or a companion can spend on any roll related to exploring or navigating the lake, or facing its dangers.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "48-titan-bones", "title": "Titan Bones", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "[[14 - The Flats#The Flats|126\\)]]. A huge, fossilized skeleton is visible on one side of the hill.\n\nThe **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Highway]]** runs past the hill to the east; a wayside sits at its foot. The hill rises over 300' above the prairie. The northern, leeward face is steep, rocky, cliff-like. The other sides are rugged but manageable slopes, covered in sparse, gnarled oaks and smaller brush.\n\nThe crown is flat, sparsely wooded, the highest point for nigh on 100 miles. When Stonetop or the **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** need to signal each other, they light a great bonfire up there, on the top of Titan Bones.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "48-titan-bones--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Titan Bones" ], "body": "- The hill on the horizon, never seeming to get closer until it's right up on you\n- Those bones, bigger than they ought to be, bigger than any beast you've seen\n- A sense of smallness, insignificance\n- Southerly wind: ceaseless, buffeting\n- Riders approaching, the anticipation as you wait\n\n**Tip:** Up top, portray NPCs with short, loud sentences, like they're shouting over the wind. Ask, \"What?\" if players don't do the same. Down at the wayside, keep looking up and away, like NPCs are distracted by the hill.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "48-titan-bones--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Titan Bones" ], "body": "- Which of you has been (t)here before? Why?\n- Do the bones peek out of the sheer rock face, or jut from the southern slopes, or lie flat on the crown, or what?\n- According to the tales, what are they bones of? How did they come to be here?\n- What superstitions surround the bones? What little rites do folks observe in their presence?\n- What other oddities have you found on or around the hill?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "48-titan-bones--meeting-place", "title": "Meeting place", "level": 2, "path": [ "Titan Bones" ], "body": "A footpath leads from the wayside, climbing the rugged slope in a series of switchbacks. It takes half an hour to reach the crown at a reasonable pace, but a fit person could charge straight up in just a few minutes (at considerable risk of injury or mishap).\n\nWhen the PCs wish to summon the Hillfolk to a meeting, they must:\n\n- Travel to Titan Bones and climb the hill Wait for a clear day, with no rain or haze Spend the best part of a day gathering fuel and stoking a bonfire\n- Tend and feed the bonfire all through the night and into the early morn\n- Wait for the Hillfolk to arrive\n\nChoose or roll for how long before the Hillfolk arrive, what happens while they wait, and the disposition of the Hillfolk who show up. It's usually a small group of **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk rider|riders]]** who respond to the signal, maybe with a **[[26 - Hillfolk#Upland horse|spirit-talker]]**.\n\n| 1d6 | how long |\n|-----|---------------------------|\n| 1 | 6 or 7 days, maybe longer |\n| 2-3 | 4 to 5 days |\n| 4-5 | 2 or 3 days |\n| 6 | A day or less, somehow |\n| 1d6 | while they wait |\n\n- 1-2 A **danger** (next page) manifests!\n- 3 **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#**Fellow travelers**|Travelers]]** approach on the road\n- 4 Folks get antsy/bored/irritable\n- 5 Someone makes a discovery: something odd, out of place, recently unearthed, etc.\n- 6 Time passes pleasantly (how so?)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "48-titan-bones--1d6-disposition", "title": "1d6 disposition", "level": 2, "path": [ "Titan Bones" ], "body": "- 1 Angry about something, perhaps openly hostile, perhaps trying to hide it\n- 2 Blustering, proud, keen to show off and make a point\n- 3 Out of sorts, possibly in trouble, maybe looking for help\n- 4-5 Reserved, aloof, wondering what this is about, if it's a waste of time\n- 6 Curious, eager to trade and share news\n\nShould the Hillfolk light a signal fire themselves, folks in Stonetop will likely see the pillar of smoke first, then the fire as the sun sets. If it burns through the night and into the morning, that means the Hillfolk wish to meet.\n\nMeetings take place on the wayside at the foot of the hill, under the protection of the pavestones' **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|wards against violence]]**. Hillfolk will assume that anything else is a trap.\n\n- How often do meetings like this occur?\n- When was the last meeting called? By whom? What was it about?\n- With which group of Hillfolk do y'all normally meet?\n- How do you and the Hillfolk traditionally greet each other? What other customs do you observe?\n- Where exactly do folks typically light a signal fire? What's special about it?\n- What else can be found up on the hill's crown?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "48-titan-bones--the-titan-s-bones", "title": "The titan's bones", "level": 2, "path": [ "Titan Bones" ], "body": "The fossilized bones on the hill are clearly ancient, and far bigger than anything has a right to be. But what are they the bones of? That's for you and your group to decide, but perhaps they are the bones of…\n\n- … one of the three great beasts vanquished by **[[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker#Tor, the Rain-maker|Tor]]**;\n- … one of the **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Cosmology**|First Creators]]**, slain by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** as they were imprisoned;\n- … some fell beast brewed up by the **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]**;\n- … a mighty **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Construct**|Stone Lord construct]]**, not a creature at all;\n- … a colossal **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|emanation]]** of the Things Below, a world-ending horror, vitrified by **Stormcatcher**'s [[39 - The Ruined Tower#Stormcatcher's tower|Stormcatcher’s tower]] magic;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "48-titan-bones--ruins-of-the-past", "title": "Ruins of the past", "level": 2, "path": [ "Titan Bones" ], "body": "Today, Titan Bones is little more than a landmark and a meeting place, but what was it in the past? That's for you to decide, but perhaps it was once…\n\n- … a site sacred to the **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**, a place of pilgrimage;\n- … a fortress or trading post of the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**;\n- … one of the **Tempest Lords**' [[45 - Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]] sky-islands, crashed or landed and (temporarily?) unable to fly;\n- … part of **Stormcatcher**'s [[39 - The Ruined Tower#Stormcatcher's tower|Stormcatcher’s tower]] domain: a lookout, a laboratory, a power station, etc.;\n- … a fortress from the time of the **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**, likely **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|haunted]]** from the battles fought here;\n\n- … a **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted site]]**, a place of great evil, now mostly cleansed or at least contained;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\nWhatever you decide, consider how that interacts with your decisions about the titan's bones (see previous column). For example, if they are the bones of a great beast and the hill was once a sky-island, did the beast and sky-island bring each other low? Did the beast (or its bones) power the sky-island? Or what?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "48-titan-bones--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Titan Bones" ], "body": "- A nasty turn of the weather\n- The **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#**Fellow travelers**|nosgalau]]**, calling out to those on the hill\n- The **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghosts]]** of those who died here or at nearby battlefields\n- A **[[14 - The Flats#**Dangers**|prairie fire]]** lit by an errant cinder\n- **[[40 - South Manmarch#**Horned drake**|Bandits]]**, encamped on the hill or drawn by the signal fire\n- Something big and dangerous, on the hunt or lairing on the hill, like a **[[14 - The Flats#**Bandit chief**|beznpol]]**, a **[[14 - The Flats#**Frythanc**|frythanc]]**, or a **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|kleztigr]]**\n- A nest of **[[14 - The Flats#Hlomren|hlomren]]**, infesting the hillside\n- Spirits of the wild: a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#The Brennauwed|brennauwed]]**, a flock of **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Andalau|andalau]]**), or a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Coedwaig**|fadyn]]**\n- Local **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Dangers|blue magpies]]**, some real jerks\n- A **rockslide** or **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|mudslide]]**\n- Something inspired or suggested by the true nature of the titan's bones, and/or the ruins of the past", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker", "title": "Tor, the Rain-maker", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Tor, the Rain-maker, also called the Thunderhead and Slayer-of-Beasts, is one of the **[[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|gods]]** in Stonetop's pavilion of the gods. He is the god of wind and rain, weather and storms, patron of warriors and hunters too. Many tales are told of his victories, and yes, of his foibles, too.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--themes", "title": "Themes", "level": 3, "path": [ "Tor, the Rain-maker" ], "body": "Pick, or roll 1d12.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--1d12-theme", "title": "1d12 theme", "level": 4, "path": [ "Tor, the Rain-maker", "Themes" ], "body": "- 1-2 Rain/snow/good clean water\n- 3-4 Wind/weather/the sky/clouds\n- 5-6 Storms/thunder/lightning\n- 7 Courage/strength/prowess/endurance\n- 8 Generosity/gift-giving/celebration\n- 9 Exuberance/confidence/folly\n- 10 Surprises/moodiness/whims\n- 11 Wrath/rage/destruction\n\n12 Prophecy/doom foretold", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Tor, the Rain-maker" ], "body": "According to the tales:\n\n- How did Tor come to be (a god)? What's his origin story?\n- Which god is his rival/lover/ally/kin?\n- What three great beasts is Tor said to have slain?\n- What natural feature did he shape in a fit of rage?\n- From what predicament did a mortal once rescue him?\n- What gift did he give to Stonetop/ humanity?\n- How did he lose one of his fingers?\n- What is one of the names he goes by when he walks the world as a man?\n\nUse the answers to help decide what Tor's **true nature** is [[20 - Gods and Religion#**1d12** observance|Gods and Religion]].", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker-2", "title": "Hooks", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- The PCs encounter a **[[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker#**Nine-fingered stranger**|nine-fingered stranger]]**.\n- During a violent storm, multiple villagers dream of a terrible beast, unleashed.\n- One of Tor's rites is disrupted; drought afflicts the village.\n- A wandering priest of Tor arrives, offering to cast runes and tell fortunes.\n- Travelers praise some new/foreign god of strength/storms/war, and heap insult and derision upon Tor.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--in-stonetop", "title": "In Stonetop", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "Tor is the most popular god in Stonetop. The **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#**The village of Stonetop**|Stone]]** is sometimes called his anvil, or the quiver for his javelins. The **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#**The village of Stonetop**|Cistern]]** is sometimes called his drinking horn. The locals use many colorful phrases that invoke his name.\n\nWhat is Tor's shrine like? Perhaps it is…\n\n- … laden with whisky and gifts, trophies and charms;\n- … just a simple idol, for his true altar is the Stone;\n- … home to a smoldering fire, constantly tended;\n- … shrouded, held in awe, approached by only the worthy;\n- … some variation on the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--ask-the-pcs", "title": "Ask the PCs:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "- Who tends Tor's shrine? Is it a formal position (like a priest), or what?\n- How is Tor depicted?\n- What symbols adorn his shrine?\n- What do locals do to ask his blessings?\n- What do they do to avert his anger?\n- What are Tor's high holidays? How is each one observed?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--and-elsewhere", "title": "...and elsewhere", "level": 2, "path": [ "Hooks" ], "body": "How widespread is the worship of Tor? That's for you and your group to decide, but perhaps Tor…\n\n- … is a local deity, Stonetop's patron but largely unknown elsewhere;\n- … is worshipped throughout the World's End, but dismissed as a barbaric god by those from **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Lygos and the South|Lygos and the South]]**;\n- … is widely known and worshipped, and served by a wandering order of priests;\n- … is known the world over, but often with very different aspects;\n- … some variation on one of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.\n\nIn any other community that knows and worships Tor, consider/ask:\n\n- Which of his **themes** (previous page) do they emphasize most?\n- Is he gladly worshipped? Given due respect? Feared and appeased? Or what?\n- Do they maintain a public shrine/ temple? If so, where is it and what's it like?\n- Who conducts rites in his honor?\n- What unfamiliar tales do they tell/rites do they perform/symbols do they use?\n\nIf the worship of Tor is unknown to a people: what other god or gods of the sky, storms, weather, and/or violence do they worship? (See [[20 - Gods and Religion#**Other gods**|Gods and Religion]] for guidance.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker-3", "title": "Tor", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker-4", "title": "Artifacts", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--various-treasures", "title": "Various treasures", "level": 2, "path": [ "Artifacts" ], "body": "- A fulgurite, sand or soil vitrified by lightning, sacred to Tor (*fragile*, Value 0)\n- The claw/fang/tusk/horn of a great beast, carved with prayers to Tor (Value 0)\n- A pouch of runes, the kind used for divination (Value 0)\n- An ingot of pure **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]**, left as an offering (Value 1)\n- Aetherium-tipped javelins (thrown, *magical*, *forceful*, *loud*, *dangerous*, +2 damage, all out, Value 2)\n- A large, clear bottle; the pale liquid sealed inside rises when rain, snow, or storms approach (*fragile*, Value 2)\n- A pair of mammoth tusks, carved in **Whitefang Mountain** style [[54 - The Whitefang Mountains|The Whitefang Mountains]], depicting a storm god bearing gifts and slaying beasts (*immobile*, Value 3)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--minor-arcana", "title": "Minor arcana", "level": 3, "path": [ "Artifacts", "Various treasures" ], "body": "Pick 1 or have someone roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker-5", "title": "1d6 minor arcanum", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A half-buried plaque|A half-buried plaque]]**\n- 2 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A path in the woods|A path in the woods]]**\n- 3 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A cloak, richly embroidered|A cloak, richly embroidered]]**\n- 4 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Dancing Wind Spirit|A cracked flute]]**\n- 5 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#Aetherium Spear|A corroded spearhead]]**\n- 6 **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A fine drinking horn|A fine drinking horn]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--major-arcana", "title": "Major arcana", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d6 minor arcanum" ], "body": "The following might be associated with Tor, or at least revered by his followers:\n\n- The **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Azure Hand|Azure Hand]]**\n- **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana#Mysteries of the Storm Markings|Storm markings]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker-6", "title": "Dangers", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--associated-entities", "title": "Associated entities", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|Elemental spirits]]**, especially those of rain, snow, storm, and wind\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Andalau|Andalau]]**, who love to dance before a storm\n- **[[14 - The Flats#**Frythanc**|Frythanc]]** and **[[14 - The Flats#**Thunder drake**|thunder drakes]]**, who rank among Tor's most honored beasts\n- An **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Vitrification|elemental vortex]]**, especially of lightning or wind\n- The **[[35 - The Pale Hunter#The Pale Hunter|Pale Hunter]]**, perhaps, who might be Tor's child/rival/lover/ etc. or someone whom he cursed", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--harsh-weather", "title": "Harsh weather", "level": 2, "path": [ "Dangers" ], "body": "- Lashing wind and rain\n- Thunder and **lightning** (see below)\n - Poor visibility\n- Slippery/sodden ground\n- Flash flooding\n- Hail storms—annoying, pelting (d4 damage), smashing (d6 damage)\n- **[[42 - The Steplands#1d6 natural beast or spirit|Mudslides]]**\n- Cold wind and rain, sleet, snow, **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|hypothermia & frostbite]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker-7", "title": "Lightning", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "When you *get struck by lightning*, it's not necessarily a sign of Tor's displeasure. But it probably is.\n\n- ^ä Flash in the distance; rumble ominously\n- ^ä Paint the sky with bright-white bolts\n- ^ä BOOM! Deafen and disorient them\n- ^ä A bolt starts a **[[14 - The Flats#**Dangers**|wildfire]]**\n- ^ä Hair stands on end, skin and spine tingle\n- ^ä A bolt strikes nearby (d10+2 damage, *reach*, *area*, *forceful*, *loud*, ignores armor)\n- ^ä A bolt strikes directly (Death's Door)\n\n**Drought** Threat (*affliction*) **Instinct** to deplete resources\n\nRain and snow are Tor's life-giving gifts. But what if he withholds them? Or worse, is unable to give them freely?\n\nl The **[[44 - The Stream#The Stream|Stream]]** dries up, the Cistern runs low l The crops are stunted (generate Surplus with disadvantage) l Everything/one goes unwashed; **disease** spreads [[13 - Ferrier's Fen#**Dangers**|Ferrier's Fen]]\n\nl **Impending doom:** Crops and gardens fail, livestock die/are slaughtered (steading marks *lacking* and generates no Surplus)\n\n**Something interesting:** Past droughts have been broken by making the proper offerings/ completing some quest, but the details are unclear—perhaps you could commune with a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]** to learn more?\n\n**Something useful:** You know what offering needs to be made, or what quest needs to be completed—Make a Plan with the GM to determine the details.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--nine-fingered-stranger", "title": "Nine-fingered stranger", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lightning" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *spirit*, *magical*, *enigmatic*, *moody*, *curious*\n\n**HP** 22; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. black iron **Damage** by weapon d10+2 (tags by weapon, +*forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** unable/unwilling to solve problems (only causes/presents them); unaware of its true nature\n\n**Instinct** to test people, set events in motion\n\n- ^ä Manifest as a nine-fingered man\n- ^ä Present a challenge (next column)\n- ^ä Cloud their judgement, make this all seem reasonable\n- ^ä Bestow a (dubious?) gift or curse\n- ^ä Vanish mysteriously\n\nMany tales tell of a stranger met in an unlikely place. The stranger is in some sort of pickle, or challenges our hero, or presents a tempting opportunity. Whatever else happens, the stranger ends up vanishing, but not before our hero notices his missing finger—and realizes that they just met Tor.\n\nWhen the tale's hero rises to the occasion, they win a gift from the stranger: a treasure or a magic item, a secret or a prophecy, or maybe just some useful bit of advice. But when the \"hero\" comes up short, they wind up cursed or \"win\" some treasure that brings them ruin and woe.\n\nWhen you introduce the nine-fingered stranger, pick or roll a manifestation and the challenge he presents. Consider, too, what gift or curse he might dispense: an arcanum, an answer, a bit of advice, a blessing (e.g. hold 3 Preparation, per the Bolster move), a curse (a *threat*, a *magical affliction*), etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--1d6-manifestation", "title": "1d6 manifestation", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lightning" ], "body": "- 1 A brash youth\n- 2 A formidable warrior\n- 3 A put-upon father\n- 4 A wealthy merchant\n- 5 A mysterious/cagey traveler\n- 6 A hapless old man", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "49-tor-the-rain-maker--1d6-challenge", "title": "1d6 challenge", "level": 2, "path": [ "Lightning" ], "body": "- 1 A test of might (a duel, a wrestling match, a beast to slay, etc.)\n- 2 A test of prowess (a race, a climb, an archery contest, etc.)\n- 3 A test of endurance (a drinking contest, a long trudge, an all-night watch, etc.)\n- 4 A test of courage (a terror to face, a fate to accept, an injustice to prevent, etc.)\n- 5 A test of honor (a chance to steal, or cheat, or rig a bet, etc.)\n- 6 A test of kindness (someone wretched to help, some wrong to put right, etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora", "title": "Useful or Valuable Flora", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--useful-or-valuable-flora", "title": "Useful or valuable flora", "level": 2, "path": [ "Useful or Valuable Flora" ], "body": "Pick one of the following, or **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#**Useful or valuable flora**|create a new kind of flora]]** for the PCs to discover.\n\nEither way, keep in mind when and where the PCs will encounter this. If you're presenting something useful, it should be useful now (perhaps with a bit of care or effort). Don't present them with an apple tree in winter and claim it's useful. If you're presenting them something valuable, it should either be something they can harvest now, or something that they can feasibly come back and get later.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--wild-food", "title": "Wild food", "level": 2, "path": [ "Useful or Valuable Flora" ], "body": "Mushrooms, morels, asparagus, leafy greens, dandelions, all sorts of berries, cherries, plums, apples, beans, nuts, bulbs, tubers, etc.\n\nCan gather 1d6× provisions (1d6 uses each). If you like, roll 1d6 to determine effort required and/or palatability.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--poison", "title": "Poison", "level": 2, "path": [ "Useful or Valuable Flora" ], "body": "Death caps, hemlock, belladonna, arum, foxglove, fire lily, oleander, yew, the wrong parts of many edible plants/mushrooms or medicinal herbs, etc.\n\nCan gather 1d6 doses (*dangerous*). If you like, also roll 1d6 each for potency, rapidity of onset, and ease of delivery. A skilled herbalist could refine it, make it more potent, rapid, or easier to use.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--medicinal-herbs", "title": "Medicinal herbs", "level": 2, "path": [ "Useful or Valuable Flora" ], "body": "As a poultice, chew, incense, tea, extract, essential oil, etc.\n\n- Treats injuries/aches; use in lieu of supplies to Recover (1d6 uses)\n- A remedy for a debility, illness, infection, or poison (1d6 uses)\n- Valuable in bulk to a skilled herbalist (Value 1), the source of a medicine (or a poison)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora-2", "title": "Useful or valuable flora", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--useful-materials", "title": "Useful materials", "level": 2, "path": [ "Useful or valuable flora" ], "body": "- Vines that could work as rope\n- Saplings, good for setting snares\n- Saplings, straight and sturdy, good for arrows/bows/spear shafts\n- Large tree, toppled in the Great Wood, a good source of timber\n- Good kindling (dry leaves/needles/ twigs, birch bark, etc.)\n- Dry wood/peat for burning", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora-3", "title": "Sample specimens", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--brightberry", "title": "Brightberry", "level": 3, "path": [ "Sample specimens" ], "body": "A thorny shrub with delicious berries that glow with soft, golden light (*hand*). In spring, it smells like baking honeycakes. Harvest berries as provisions (3 uses, *fragile*), but they burn away within hours. Dig up a small shrub, pot it, and nurse it to health (*tricky*); merchants will pay handsomely for it (Value 2).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--sleeping-elksheart", "title": "Sleeping elksheart", "level": 2, "path": [ "Sample specimens" ], "body": "A giant mushroom, sometimes big as a house, found in dark forests. Fills the air with paralytic spores (*inhaled*); the mycelium digest the victims. Carefully collect spores to use as a poison (*dangerous*, Value 1). Burn the cap to destroy the spores, cut it up, and feed a town with it (1d4 Surplus, *immobile*, Value 2).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--violet-lotus", "title": "Violet lotus", "level": 4, "path": [ "Sample specimens", "Sleeping elksheart" ], "body": "A lily, grows alone along rivers/ streams in protected eddies. Inhale its burnt petals to ask the GM a Seek Insight question about whatever situation you wish. A tincture of the flower makes a lovely perfume (Value 1).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--twisting-pine", "title": "Twisting pine", "level": 3, "path": [ "Sample specimens", "Sleeping elksheart" ], "body": "An evergreen that rotates as it grows, resulting in twisting trunks. The sap flows freely when tapped, but hardens quickly unless bottled up and protected from air. Use a vial in lieu of supplies to Recover (seals wounds, flakes away days later). Harvest a jar (Value 1) to use as a sealant or a pottery glaze.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--vanta-s-blade", "title": "Vanta's Blade", "level": 4, "path": [ "Sample specimens", "Sleeping elksheart", "Twisting pine" ], "body": "A low, herbaceous plant with broad, blade-shaped leaves that absorb light. Patches of the plant look like holes in reality. A pouch can be made into a rich dye, ink, or paint (Value 2), but **[[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]** and **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|Manmarchers]]** consider it cursed and will burn patches (and bearers) of it on sight.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--hartwood", "title": "Hartwood", "level": 4, "path": [ "Sample specimens", "Sleeping elksheart", "Twisting pine" ], "body": "A small tree with a distinctive twopronged shape, found growing atop rocky outcrops. Climb up, chop off a branch, and burn it; apply the ashes to skin as a ward against possession.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--snowembers", "title": "Snowembers", "level": 4, "path": [ "Sample specimens", "Sleeping elksheart", "Twisting pine" ], "body": "Pretty flowers found only in certain snow-covered meadows of the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**. The petals are edible and warm, even in the dead of winter, but they turn to mush soon after picking. Can harvest 1d4+4 provisions with a few hours' effort; those who partake grow flush and count as wearing *warm* clothes for the next day or so.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--useful-or-valuable-flora-2", "title": "Useful or valuable flora", "level": 2, "path": [ "Sample specimens" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Sample specimens" ], "body": "- What's distinctive about it? How did you spot or recognize it?\n- What is it (sometimes) called?\n- Who taught you to recognize/use it?\n- What superstition hangs over it?\n- According to the tales, how did this plant come to be?\n- Why is it thought impossible to cultivate?\n- What bird, critter, or bug eats it/lives in it/pollinates it/spreads it?\n- Who back home would be most excited by this find?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--cultivation", "title": "Cultivation", "level": 2, "path": [ "Sample specimens" ], "body": "Should the PCs wish to cultivate a useful or valuable flora, then Make a Plan. Some example requirements include:\n\n- You must acquire a source of seeds/ spores/cuttings/sprouts/etc.\n- You must learn the secrets of its cultivation\n- You must commune with the spirit of the flora and earn its respect\n- The steading must Pull Together to clear a plot for and plant the flora\n- It'll take a season/a year/multiple years for the flora to mature\n- You risk attracting a threat/it failing to thrive/it spreading unchecked\n\nAlso establish the benefits of success, such as:\n\n- Access to a new special possession\n- Extra Surplus in a particular season\n- A trade good (Value 1-2) produced each spring/summer/autumn/winter\n- Extra HP regained when Recovering\n- Extra folks fed when you use a mess kit and supplies", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--useful-or-valuable-flora-3", "title": "Useful or valuable flora", "level": 4, "path": [ "Sample specimens", "Cultivation" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora-4", "title": "Creating new flora", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Think first about where it's found, how and where the PCs encounter it.\n\nWith that in mind, decide how it's useful/valuable, or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora-5", "title": "1d12 it's useful/valuable...", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-6 … in the field, here and now\n- 7-10 … to folks back home or in some other community\n- 11-12 … both in the field, here and now, and to folks back home, or in some other community", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora-6", "title": "1d12 in the field", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-3 1d6× provisions (1d6 uses)\n- 4-5 As a poultice/medicine/remedy; use in lieu of supplies to Recover or to treat a debility (1d6 uses)\n- 6 Replenishes 1d6 Stock to a Blessed's sacred pouch\n- 7-8 Fills a need (for shelter, fuel, kindling, water, material, etc.)\n- 9-10 Grants a benefit (like a four-leaf clover that adds 1 to a single key roll, or moonwort that clears the mind of beguilement)\n- 11-12 Provides a path forward or a solution to a problem (shrooms to commune with a spirit, a weed that masks your scent, poison fruit that might defeat a foe, bait for a trap, etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora-7", "title": "1d12 to folks back home", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 A present, a curiosity, something pretty or nice (Value 0)\n- 3-4 Material for common crafts /trades (fiber, wood, medicine, oil, salt, tannin, etc., Value 1)\n- 5 A luxury (seasoning, perfume, dyes, cosmetics, etc., Value 1)\n- 6 Something sketchy (a drug, a poison, etc., Value 1)\n- 7 An offering, a charm, a ward, a counterspell, etc. (Value 1)\n- 8 Food for many people (counts as 1 Surplus, *immobile*, Value 2)\n- 9 Raw material for a steading improvement, like a wagonload of timber (*immobile*, Value 2)\n- 10 High-quality materials (bright and permanent dye, potent medicinal herbs, etc., Value 2)\n- 11 A wonder (glowing flowers, floats in the air, fashionably dangerous, etc., Value 2)\n- 12 A legendary substance (extends youth, ensnares the will, brings prophecy, etc. Value 3)\n\nIf it's not already obvious, pick or roll for the form-factor in which it's useful or valuable.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora-8", "title": "1d12 form-factor", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 As a small item\n- 2 As a pouchful\n- 3-4 As a sackful or bundle\n- 5-6 In large quantities (*immobile*)\n- 7-9 Roll 1d6 again, but it requires extensive effort to harvest/process/ make valuable\n- 10-12 Roll 1d8 again, but also it's *fragile* and/or *cumbersome*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--useful-or-valuable-flora-4", "title": "Useful or valuable flora", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 form-factor" ], "body": "Next, pick or roll for 1d4 qualities and a distinctive trait .", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--1d12-quality", "title": "1d12 quality", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 form-factor" ], "body": "- 1 Attracts/houses a pest or danger\n- 2 Dangerous to harvest/handle\n- 3 Harmful to the soil/biome\n- 4 Horrid taste/odor/texture\n- 5 Finicky/delicate/spoils quickly unless properly processed\n- 6 Steeped in superstition/said to be cursed/a bad omen\n- 7 Associated with a specific god/ entity/hero/legend/tale\n- 8 Easy to work with\n- 9 Especially strong/durable/potent\n- 10 Delicious/aromatic/beautiful/ supple/otherwise pleasing\n- 11 Rare/legendary/thought extinct\n- 12 Pick or roll an additional way in which it's useful/valuable", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--1d12-distinctive-trait", "title": "1d12 distinctive trait", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 form-factor" ], "body": "- 1 Always found with some type of hazardous growth [[24 - Green Lords#**1d12** ability|Green Lords]]\n- 2 Always found with (hidden by?) another, less-useful growth\n- 3 Grows/blooms only in particular/ uncommon/unlikely conditions\n- 4 Grows in a particular pattern\n- 5 Attracts/houses some innocuous bug/bird/critter/spirit\n- 6 Intricate pattern/texture\n- 7 Distinct shape/configuration of leaves/stems/trunk/flowers/bulbs\n- 8 Leaves/flowers/seeds/fruits/pods that look like something else\n- 9 Strong, particular odor\n- 10 Bright/garish/unusual color\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 twice", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "50-useful-or-valuable-flora--useful-or-valuable-flora-5", "title": "Useful or valuable flora", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 form-factor" ], "body": "Now, considering all of the above, and where and how it's found, decide:\n\n**What is it?** Pick 1: Lichen, moss, algae, fungus, mushroom, fern, grass, sedge, plant, weed, vine, climber, creeper, briar, shrub, succulent, deciduous tree (willow, ash, oak, alder, birch, elm, fruit, maple, chestnut, rowan, walnut, etc.), conifer (cedar, pine, fir, juniper, cypress, spruce, yew, etc.).\n\n**What part is useful/valuable?** Pick 1-4: Trunk, stem, shoot, limb, body, wood, flesh, bark, skin, root, tuber, thorn, leaf, fruit, gourd, nut, seed, spore, flower, pollen, pod, cone, sap, oil, resin, ash, etc.\n\n**How is it prepared/used?** Pick as many as make sense: Eaten, chewed, rubbed in, used as a poultice, burnt, smoked, ground, pulverized, stripped, soaked, cooked, infused, reduced, tinctured, mixed with \\_\\_, carved.\n\n**What is it called?** Mix and match words however makes sense (like \"raven's ash\" or \"witchpetal\"). Maybe translate it based on who named it (e.g. to Welsh for a plant local to Stonetop).\n\nautumn, bear, bell, berry, bitter, black, blossom, breath, bright, burr, cat, cave, claw, clover, crow, day, dock, dog, drake, dye, elk, eye, feather, finger, flax, foil, fox, gold, greater, green, hair, hanging, hart, heart, hemlock, hood, horn, ivy, lesser, lily, lotus, midwife, mint, mist, moth, moon, night, old, orchid, pad, paw, pepper, petal, poppy, potter, priest, puff, rain, raven, red, river, rose, rough, shade, silver, skunk, sky, smooth, snake, spotted, spring, sun, sweet, star, tanner, thistle, toe, tongue, violet, water, white, wild, wilting, wing, witch, wort, anything from the lists above, \\_\\_.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina", "title": "Ustrina", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "These mask-wearing people dwell to the west, deep in the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]**. Every now and then, they emerge from the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]]** and visit **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin's Delve]]**, trading finely worked goods, wonders and the odd bit of **[[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|orichalcum]]**.\n\n- Masks of polished metal, only vaguely humanoid features\n- Voluminous black robes and strangely ornate headdresses\n- Faint chemical smells: a whiff of rust, or ozone, or sulfur\n- Tinny, echoing voices, like someone down a well, speaking an obscure dialect\n\n**Tips:** speak formally and proceed all proper nouns with \"the\" (\"the Rhianna,\" \"the Gordin's Delve\"); talk into an empty soda can (or at least with your hand in front of your mouth).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--names", "title": "Names", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ustrina" ], "body": "Portuguese-sounding, but often ending in \"-ix\": the Avilio, the Brenix, the Caesana, the Donatix, the Emitia, the Flagio, the Galvaix, the Jacintix, the Lucisia, the Marcix, the Numia, the Otavix, the Paolix, the Ruia, the Sibonio, the Tafia, the Valerix.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ustrina" ], "body": "- Which of you has encountered the Ustrina before? In Gordin's Delve, or elsewhere in the Huffel Peaks?\n- What is it about the way they move that unnerves you so?\n- Who did you know in Gordin's Delve who tried to rob them, and what doom befell them?\n- What's the oddest thing that you've heard of the Ustrina asking for in trade?\n- Even though you've never seen it, what do you think they really look like?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 4, "path": [ "Ustrina", "Questions" ], "body": "**Something interesting:** The Ustrina dwell among the ruins of the **[[18 - Forge Lords#Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]**, and are heirs to many of their arts. And while few outsiders can tell, there are sects among them—the Peridita, the Albedo, the Citrinita, and the Rubedix—with rivalries and politics aplenty.\n\n**Something useful:** Ustrina (or their ancestors) were servants of the Forge Lords, and each group holds the relics of their old masters in great esteem. They might sell artifacts of other Forge Lords to outsiders, but they will pay handsomely to have the artifacts of their own masters returned.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 3, "path": [ "Ustrina", "Questions" ], "body": "- Ustrina haven't appeared in Gordin's Delve for six months; one of the **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#**1d12** what brought them|Bosses]]** offers a reward for information.\n- Mining crews go missing in the **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#**The Delves**|First Delve]]**; survivors are blaming Ustrina.\n- Members of one sect hire someone to rob a group of another sect (discretely, of course).\n- A trio of masked, black-robed figures have been seen poking around the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**, but why?\n- A merchant from Gordin's Delve brings an Ustrina to Stonetop. It wishes to study the Stone or Maker-ruins about town, but a trio of Ustrina (from the same sect) soon follow, looking for it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--true-nature", "title": "True nature", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ustrina" ], "body": "The Ustrina never remove their masks, robes, or gloves. Rumors abound, of course, but if anyone reliable knows what they truly look like, they aren't telling. The true nature of the Ustrina is up to you and your group to decide, but possibilities include:\n\n- Flesh and blood, much like us, but with elaborate traditions of privacy and decorum\n- Mutant scavengers of the Forge Lords' ruins, horrible to behold, disguised when they deal with humanity\n- Naught but **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Elemental spirits**|elemental spirits]]**), animating a simple skeleton of bronze\n- Constructs of impossibly intricate clockwork, animated by glowing soul-gems\n- Ancient servants of the Forge Lords who have slowly replaced flesh with clockwork\n- A bunch of smaller creatures animating an elaborate puppet", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--trade-missions", "title": "Trade missions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ustrina" ], "body": "Ustrina come to Gordin's Delve a few times every season, emerging from the **[[22 - Gordin's Delve#**The Delves**|First Delve]]**. Some have contacts in the town, and approach those contacts directly. Others approach individuals seemingly at random, offering to trade.\n\nFor any given trade mission, pick or roll what they're offering and what they want in return, using the tables on the following page. Their wants and needs are inscrutable, making them difficult to haggle with and fairly easy to offend. They are often willing to make arrangements now and return in a few weeks or even months to make the transaction.\n\nPick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--1d12-what-they-re-offering", "title": "1d12 what they're offering", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ustrina" ], "body": "- 1 Shards of pottery, scraps of frayed fabric, odd pits of stone, or other junk (Value 0) that they genuinely regard as precious\n- 2-3 Finely wrought items (Value 2) like an exquisite bronze statuette, a silver-alloy dagger (*hand*), a goldembroidered cloak (*warm*), a perfectly balanced short sword (*hand*, *close*, +1 damage, 1 piercing), etc.\n- 4-5 A **curiosity or wonder** (next page)\n- 6-7 Precious metals or jewels (Value 3), like a bar of gold, a chest of ancient silver coins, a gem-encrusted gold ring, a few sapphires\n- 8 1d4 small ingots of **[[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|orichalcum]]**\n- 9-10 Some **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Artifacts**|artifact]]** of the Forge Lords\n- 11 An artifact from one of the other **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]**\n- 12 Some \"priceless\" treasure (Value 4), like a sapphire the size of your eye, a chest of gold coins, a bejeweled gold crown, a cartload (*immobile*) of fine steel swords (*close*, +1 damage, 1 piercing)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--1d12-what-they-want", "title": "1d12 what they want", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ustrina" ], "body": "- 1 A dozen or so... (roll 1d6 or pick)\n - 1 … children/infants/newborns\n - 2 … healthy human adults\n - 3 … human adults, of whatever quality\n - 4 … fresh human corpses\n - 5 … human corpses in whatever state\n - 6 … urns full of human blood (they'll provide the urns)\n- 2 1d4 cartloads of a specific exotic trade good, like silk, a certain spice, amber, aurochs horns, etc. (Value 4)\n- 3-5 A particular artifact of the Forge Lords (they'll describe it)\n- 6 Some other, specific arcanum (they'll describe it)\n- 7 A strange and difficult task (like slaying some horror in the Labyrinth)\n- 8 A chest or similar amount of... (roll 1d6 or pick)\n - 1 … **[[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|makerglass]]**\n - 2 … **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**\n - 3 … **[[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|aetherium]]**\n - 4 … **[[37 - Red Groves#Red Groves|redwood]]**\n - 5 … **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|black iron]]**\n - 6 … **[[46 - The Things Below#**Unnatural phenomena**|red crystal]]**.\n- 9 1d4 units of a specific exotic trade good, like bolts of silk, pouches of a certain spice, pouches of amber, pairs of aurochs horns, etc. (Value 3)\n- 10 1d4 cartloads of a particular raw material, like timber, tin, a certain type of cut stone (Value 2)\n- 11 1d4 dozen goats/pigs/hounds (Value 2)\n- 12 1d4 cartloads of grain, flour, and other common foodstuffs (Value 2)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina-2", "title": "Curiosities and wonders", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Perhaps crafted by the Ustrina themselves, or pilfered from troves of the Forge Lords. If the Ustrina do know the secrets to creating these things, they aren't inclined to share.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--artificial-limb", "title": "Artificial limb", "level": 3, "path": [ "Curiosities and wonders" ], "body": "*crude*, *magical* (?), Value 3 A clockwork hand, foot, arm, or leg, with straps and buckles to attach it. Impossibly intricate, and with practice it's nearly as functional as the real thing. It cannot feel, though, and is prone to jamming up and needing repairs.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--barrel-of-anthracite", "title": "Barrel of anthracite", "level": 3, "path": [ "Curiosities and wonders" ], "body": "*immobile*, *dangerous*, Value 3 Lumps of lustrous, gray-black stone, like coal but drier and much more useful. A small lump catches fire as readily as dry wood and burns all night with the heat of a good cook-fire. It casts only dim light (*close*, *area*) and there's almost no smoke, but the smell is something awful.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina-3", "title": "Brass sphere", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": ", *magical*, Value 2\n\nA heavy lump of smooth metal that fits in one's hand. When you touch the sphere with bare flesh, it glows with an orange light (*reach*, *area*, lll hours). It recharges an hour of light for every hour that it sits in a hot fire or coals.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--bright-sticks", "title": "Bright-sticks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Brass sphere" ], "body": "*fragile*, *dangerous*, Value 1 A small box containing 3d4 stiff metal rods, about the size of incense sticks. Snap one, and each piece bursts into a blindingly bright, blisteringly hot flame (d8 damage, *messy*) for a few seconds while it burns away to ash.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--clockwork-bird", "title": "Clockwork bird", "level": 3, "path": [ "Brass sphere", "Bright-sticks" ], "body": ", *fragile*, *magical*, Value 3\n\nMade of tin and set with agate eyes. When you wind it up and let it run, it will dance and chirp loudly for a few minutes. When you wind it up and twist one of its feathers just so, it will sit and wait, only starting to dance and chirp when a creature enters its line of sight.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina-4", "title": "Ever-burning ember", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": ", *fragile*, *magical*, Value 3\n\nThis ceramic pot has a number of thin slits along its shoulder and a ring of rune-etched brass around its neck. The pot is always hot, painful to touch, but it won't cause blisters outright. Inside is a glowing ember of redwood with a fire spirit bound inside. The ember will smolder forever as long it stays in the pot and isn't completely submerged.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--pale-metal-gauntlets", "title": "Pale metal gauntlets", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ever-burning ember" ], "body": ", *fireproof*, *magical*, Value 3\n\nMade of a pale metal, lighter than it should be, and intricately carved with geometric patterns. The insides are an impossibly fine chainmail of the same metal. They seem to absorb heat, and are often damp.\n\nWhen you *wear the pale metal gauntlets*, you can pick up and manipulate even white-hot steel without harming your hands (the rest of you, though, has no special protection from heat).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "51-ustrina--self-burning-lamp", "title": "Self-burning lamp", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ever-burning ember" ], "body": ", *reach*, *area*, lllll hours, Value 2\n\nA bronze oil-lamp with a small valve on the top. When you screw the nozzle open, a hot blue flame pops out of the nozzle. When you screw the nozzle shut, the flame snuffs out. The lamp itself gets blisteringly hot while running, and once empty of fuel, only the Ustrina know how to refill it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik", "title": "Vor Svetelik", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "place of beauty, learning, and study. But when the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]** rebelled, the scholars of Vor Svetelik were tasked with breeding beasts of war. When the Green Lords turned in desperation to the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**, the city's waters fouled and its white trees grew sickly. When other **[[30 - The Makers#The Makers|Makers]]** shattered what is now **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier's Fen]]**, this city became the Green Lords' last refuge and the site of the war's last battle.\n\nThe Green Lords made the invaders pay. They laid traps. They sent their loyal servants to die in waves. They unleashed new horrors, each worse than the last, retreating all the while. And when the Fae and their **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lord]]** allies reached the center of the city, they found it… empty. Naught remained of the Green Lords, except tunnels leading deep into the earth, collapsed behind them.\n\nThe Stone Lords retreated to their hills. The Fae fell to bickering and their armies disbanded. Those few mortal servants of the Green Lords who survived were left to fend for themselves, eventually becoming the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**.\n\nAnd Vor Svetelik, the Great White City, was left a blighted, infested ruin.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- A scraggly canopy in the valley below, hints of streets and buildings, a broken white tower\n- Pale and spindly trees, bearing withered leaves and oozing black sap\n- A steady, damp warmth, like foul breath, even in the dead of winter\n- That feeling you get when you move a rock and see the grubs and worms squirming beneath, but constantly, everywhere you look", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- An artifact that the PCs desperately want lies in the city's ruins\n- A southern **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Dangers**|antiquarian]]** knows where to find the ruins, and is leading a substantial expedition there, using Stonetop as a basecamp\n- **[[12 - Fae#The Four Chieftains|A Fae chieftain]]** is besieging the ruins, attempting to finally exterminate the Fomoraij\n- An earthquake cracks open the ruins; horrors vomit forth into the surrounding woods", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--getting-there", "title": "Getting there", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "The ruins of Vor Svetelik lie in the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**, wherever you (the GM) need them to be. They should be at least a few days' travel from Stonetop.\n\nTo find the ruins, PCs will need a guide or detailed directions.\n\n- A Fae, a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**, or the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]** could guide them, but wouldn't want to. All sane beings shun the ruins.\n- A Green Lord ruin might contain a map or directions, but the PCs would risk getting lost. Such instructions would be centuries out of date!\n- Magic like the **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A patch of rainbow moss|Sylvan Web]]** could help the PCs find the ruins themselves, though they'd still risk getting lost on the way.\n- The **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|West Road]]** once led from where Stonetop stands to Vor Svetelik. It's broken and long-buried, but could show the way to one who knew what to look for.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--areas", "title": "Areas", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- **Outer slopes of the hills surrounding the city**, jagged, overgrown, littered with Forest Folk glyphs and invaders' graves.\n- **Inner slopes of those same hills**, steep and unstable, trees thinning out as one descends. Signs of old battle abound. **[[43 - Stone Lords#**Construct**|Stone Lord constructs]]** still stand watch.\n- **The city's outskirts**, hiding ruins of manor-houses and plantations.\n- **The city's center**, tightly packed with ruins, corpses, and danger.\n- **The undercity**, old sewers, cisterns, tunnels, basements, and vaults; linked via erosion, collapse, and beast-burrows.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--sites", "title": "Sites", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "The following can all be found in the city's center, though still some distance apart.\n\n- **The Conservatory**, once a latticed dome of living wood and glass, now burnt, broken, shattered. Bound fertility spirits mournfully tend to **[[24 - Green Lords#**1d12** ability|hazardous growths]]**.\n- **The Menagerie**, mostly intact. Cubbies line the walls, each with tissue (fur, tooth, etc.) from a different beast. A plasmic horror dwells in a central pit.\n- **The Great Library**, broken white tower, poking through the canopy. Lower levels largely intact—grand, overgrown. Heavily warded, a few chambers still perfectly preserved. Littered with the remains of invaders.\n- **The Necropolis**, cluster of ziggurats, domes, and monuments near the city's center. Ransacked and vandalized, with few tombs intact. Deeply haunted.\n- **The Hallow Tree**, amphitheater carved from a single, massive, fossilized tree stump. Green Lords once met here to share and debate. All that remains is a basalt slab, piles and piles of bones, and hints of tunnels long-ago collapsed.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 4, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik", "Sites" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12). If you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--1d12-surface-terrain", "title": "1d12 surface terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- 1 Stretch of true death, where nothing has grown or decayed for hundreds of years\n- 2 Pool/fountain/stream/standing water—dark and unwholesome\n- 3 Hill/cliff/outcrop, perhaps a place where the land buckled and split\\*\n- 4-5 Stretch of sickly white trees\n- 6-7 Infrastructure/bridge/aqueduct/ cistern/sewer\\*\n- 8-9 green lord ruin\\* (see next page)\n- 10-11 Rubble, peeking out from dirt and groundcover\n- 12 Crevasse/sinkhole, like a scar in the earth\\*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--1d12-undercity-terrain", "title": "1d12 undercity terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- 1 Flooded chamber\n- 2 Running water\n- 3-4 Old tunnels/shafts, some stretching for miles\n- 5-6 green lord ruin (see next page) or part of one, buried/sunken/toppled\\*\n- 7-8 Burrow/warren/tunnels, dug out by… something\\*\n- 9-10 Stairs/shaft/ladder/ramp, going up and/or further down\\*\n- 11 Crevasse, maybe open to the sky, maybe not\\*\n- 12 Sinkhole, leading down down down\n\n^\\*Might connect to the undercity/surface", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--1d12-green-lord-ruin", "title": "1d12 green lord ruin", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- 1 Arched, petrified trees, forming a half-cylinder. Largely collapsed. The remains shelter a stone slab (3 by 6 paces) and empty canopic jars.\n- 2 Buried vault, cracked, mostly full of dirt. Inner walls lined with bas relief vines in runic shapes.\n- 3 Crumbling walls of a ziggurat. \"Inside\" of walls bear shifting mosaics of colorful moss, showing history of the Fae.\n- 4 Earth-covered mound. Entrance sealed by living roots (part with command word). Purple crystals line interior, gently glowing.\n- 5 Foundation of white/green/gray stones, hints of faded scrollwork, hinting at long-gone structures.\n- 6 Half-buried dome, ~15 paces across. Exposed timbers of uncut tree trunks. Broken gate of woven antler.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--1d12-green-lord-ruin-2", "title": "1d12 green lord ruin", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- 7 Half-dozen structures of rust-red trees, grown in beehive shapes. Untouched by time. Inside: cauldrons, misshapen bones, carapaces.\n- 8 House-sized pile of dirt, hints of worked stone beneath. Inside: a modest dwelling lit by glowing ambers.\n- 9 Intact cellar, too small for Makers. Door is stuck, but works. Lit by glowing lichen. Holds ancient foodstuffs; crumbles at touch or breeze.\n- 10 Massive tree trunk, ~10 paces wide, broken off at top. Remaining wood glints of silver. Entrance to hollow is embossed with ivory runes. Black sap drips from interior walls.\n- 11 Ramparts of iron-infused trees, sporting long thorns, blocking what once were streets. Rusted, crumbling, uprooted in places.\n- 12 Underground \"cage\" made of tree roots infused with iron. Still intact, no apparent entrances.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- 1 A change of terrain [[52 - Vor Svetelik#**1d6** discovery|Vor Svetelik]] and roll again\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 sign of battle (next column), strangely well-preserved\n- 4 An artifact of… (next column)\n- 5 encounter (next page)\n- 6 A notable **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#**1d6** discovery|site]]** or point of interest (next page)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--1d6-sign-of-battle", "title": "1d6 sign of battle", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- 1 Bones/bodies of pre-Forest Folk, Stone Lords, or their human servants, bearing the marks of violence\n- 2 Bleached bones of a Green Lord, peeking out of dirt or rubble, entwined with root or vine\n- 3 A shattered construct of the Stone Lords\n- 4 Structures laid to waste: shattered, sliced clean through, dissolved, cracked apart, scattered as though dropped from a great height, etc.\n- 5 The psychic imprint of mortals and Fae dying in battle, perhaps even a haunted **[[12 - Fae#**Getting there**|Fae domain]]**\n- 6 The earth itself, still scarred by terrible magic: rent, blackened, melted, vitrified, petrified, reduced to ash, still-smoking after all these centuries, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--1d6-artifact-of", "title": "1d6 artifact of...", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- 1 … the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- 2 … the **[[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Fomoraij]]**\n- 3 … the **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**\n- 4 … the **[[43 - Stone Lords#Makerglass|Stone Lords]]**\n- 5-6 … the **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--1d6-encounter", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- 1 A Fomoraij's **[[15 - Fomoraij#**Dangers**|infected servant]]**, single-mindedly pursuing some task (digging, building, searching, carving, writing, etc.)\n- 2 A Fomoraij's **[[15 - Fomoraij#**Dangers**|infected servant]]**, desperately seeking release\n- 3 A **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**, curious, indifferent, or just confused\n- 4 Someone or something trapped in stasis (petrified; in a time-pocket, in a magical cell, etc.) but free-able\n- 5 The bound **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|shade]]** of a Green Lord or their mortal servant, mournful and suspicious but not outright hostile\n- 6 Someone seeking relics or treasure: **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|crinwin]]**, **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, southern adventurers or **[[29 - Lygos and the South#**Dangers**|antiquarians]]**, maybe even **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--1d6-point-of-interest", "title": "1d6 point of interest", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- 1 A tunnel/path/connection to a **[[15 - Fomoraij#**\"Typical\" Fomoraij**|Fomoraij's lair]]**, open, sealed, or ajar\n- 2 A number of **[[53 - Waystones#Waystones|waystones]]**), cracked and ruined and dangerous to use\n- 3 A monument, honoring a Green Lord/Fomoraij with whom the PCs are familiar\n- 4 **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Sacred sites|A sacred site]]**, home to a long-bound spirit, somehow untainted by the Things Below\n- 5 An exposed stretch of **[[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|Makers' Road]]**, its warding magic still intact\n- 6 **The cracked portal** (next column)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--the-cracked-portal", "title": "The cracked portal", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "Somewhere deep in the ruins is a huge slab of white rock, etched with a magic circle. A large crack mars the stone and the circle, yet they still thrum with power.\n\nThe circle is a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|portal]]**, connected to those beneath the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**), the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]]**, near **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#Three Coven Lake|Three Coven Lake]]**, and so forth. The portal can be opened (see **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A time-worn missive|Opening the Way]]**), but it is dangerous and unstable.\n\nWhen you *open the cracked portal* (from either direction), roll +INT: **on a 10+**, the portal opens but pick 1 from the list below; **on a 7-9**, the portal opens but pick 2:\n\n- Any who traverse it risk serious harm —1d10 damage (*messy*, ignores armor)\n- You draw the attention of some dangerous primordial entity, like an **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|archon]]** or a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|voidblight]]**\n- The cracks grow bigger; subsequent attempts to use this portal will have a cumulative -1 penalty\n\n**On a 6-**, the cracked portal shatters violently (1d10 damage, *reach*, *area*, *messy*, *forceful*, ignores armor) and leaves a **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Instinct** to eat and spawn|rift]]** in its place. The other portal cracks (or shatters, if it was already cracked).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--dangers", "title": "Dangers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--hazards", "title": "Hazards", "level": 3, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik", "Dangers" ], "body": "- Ground collapsing underfoot, dropping (deeper) into the undercity\n- A dangerous climb—up or down—and a reason to attempt it\n- Spells of war, trapped in stasis, crackling in the air and waiting to spring\n- Weird distortions of time and space\n- Fae **[[12 - Fae#Illusions and glamours|glamours]]**, concealing a place or waiting to ensnare\n- **[[24 - Green Lords#**1d12** ability|Hazardous growths]]**, run rampant or deployed as defenses", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--podburst-vines", "title": "Podburst vines", "level": 4, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik", "Dangers", "Hazards" ], "body": "As enemies prepared to invade, the Green Lords layered their city with living boobytraps. Many remain. The most common are fast-growing vines that bear large, ominous pods.\n\n- ^ä Many tendrils cover a structure or path, obvious or hidden beneath soil/brush\n- ^ä The tendrils tense and writhe when something disturbs them\n- ^ä A seedpod contracts, then **explodes** (*reach*, *area*, see below)\n- ^ä A chain reaction starts, one pod exploding after another\n\n**1d6** explodes with...\n\nWhat do the exploding pods do? Pick 1 or roll.\n\n| | (d10 damage, messy, 1 piercing) |\n|---|----------------------------------|\n| 2 | … concussive force (d4+2 damage, |\n| | forceful, loud) |\n| 3 | … seeds that rapidly burst into |\n| | thin, thorny, ensnaring vines |\n| | (d6 damage, grabby) |\n| 4 | … a cloud of spores that blind/ |\n| | sicken/choke/etc. (d4 damage, |\n| | |\n\n1 … iron-infused seeds, like shrapnel\n\n- *debilitating*) 5 … pollen that glows and/or attracts horrors (like **blade wasps**, next page)\n- 6 … iron-infused spore-dust, clinging to any it touches", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--deathgrip-vines", "title": "Deathgrip vines", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "In some parts of the city, you'll find hunks of stone cracked apart by vines. The vines bear clusters of burrs all up and down their stalks, which easily fall off and cling to clothing, gear, hair, even skin. The burrs are annoying, maybe a little painful, but not (immediately) harmful.\n\nThroughout the ruins, though, are old sigils of power. When these burrs are brought within a few paces of the sigils, they rapidly sprout and start to grow. And burrow. And grip. And tear.\n\nWhen you *try to free yourself of sprouting deathgrip vines*, roll +STR or +DEX (your call): **on a 10+**, you can get free if you pick 1 from the list below; **on a 7-9**, you can get free if you pick 2:\n\n- Tear vines from your flesh (1d8 damage, *messy*, ignores armor)\n- Lose/discard 1d4 × worth of items\n- Someone else (who isn't in a similar plight) needs to help you\n\n**On a 6-**, take 1d6 damage (*messy*, *grabby*, ignores armor) and the vines continue to grow, burrow, and constrict. Each time they deal damage, increase the damage die by one step.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--blade-wasps", "title": "Blade wasps", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "Like wasps, but bigger and with iron-infused stingers. Hey, at least they're not venomous.\n\nWhen you *are stung by a single blade wasp*, it hurts, draws blood, and takes some effort not to cry out.\n\nWhen you *get swarmed by blade wasps*, take 1d6 damage (*messy*, ignores armor) and you're wracked with pain. Doing anything other than curling up and writhing means that you're Defying Danger (likely with CON). Each subsequent time you take damage from the swarm, increase the die one step (max d12).\n\nWhen you *flee a blade wasp swarm*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you escape the swarm but pick 1 from the list below; **on a 7-9**, you escape the swarm but pick 2:\n\n- Suffer damage from the swarm\n- Mark a debility from blood loss\n- An important piece of gear is lost or ruined\n- You run straight into another danger\n\n##", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--the-undying", "title": "The Undying", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Ghosts]]** of mortal soldiers, reenacting ancient battles\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Specters]]** of those subjected to the Green Lords' most terrible experiments\n- **[[12 - Fae#**The Bloody Boots**|Hollow Fae]]**, wounded by iron, abandoned by their fellows\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Wraiths]]** of Green Lords or their mummified servants, their canopic jars destroyed\n- **Mummies** of Green Lords [[24 - Green Lords#**Mummified Green Lord**|Green Lords]] and their servants [[24 - Green Lords#**Mummified Green Lord**|Green Lords]], safe in their still-standing tombs", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--chimerae", "title": "Chimerae", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- **[[24 - Green Lords#**The Unquiet Dead**|Llamudwr]]**, lurking in darksome waters or flitting through the night sky\n- **[[24 - Green Lords#**Rhagedn**|Rhagedn]]**, still keeping watch\n- **[[24 - Green Lords#**Rhagedn**|Swyn]]**, their entourages in tow, congregating in Vor Svetelik every dozen years\n- **[[24 - Green Lords#**Zrajedak**|Zrajedak]]** or some other sort of **[[24 - Green Lords#**Dangers**|chimera]]** bred for war, ensnared by Fae magic or still in stasis, waiting to be deployed", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--other-creatures", "title": "Other creatures", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "- Just about any sort of beast found in the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**, but twisted and mutated\n- **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|Crinwin]]**, perhaps doing decidedly un-crinwin things\n- The **infected servant** of a Fomoraij [[15 - Fomoraij#**Dangers**|Fomoraij]]\n- A **Fomoraij** itself [[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Names]], deep in the undercity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--nemurvojak", "title": "Nemurvojak", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "*Horde*, *construct*, *undead*, *corrupted*, *fearless*\n\n**HP** 11; **Armor** 4 (resilience), 0 vs. bronze **Damage** iron-wood spears d6 w/advantage (*close*, *messy*, 1 piercing) or bare-handed rending d4 with advantage (*hand*, *grabby*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\n**Special qualities** bound by its last orders; shuns the sun or holy light\n\n**Instinct** to revel in their prey's fear and suffering\n\n- ä Rush a foe with an unearthly howl\n- ä Lash out with a mass of black, viny tendrils (*reach*, *grabby*)\n- ä Brutalize an already fallen foe\n\nWhen the Fae rebelled, some of the Green Lord's mortal servants—the ancestors of the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**—sided with the traitors. But not all. Most remained loyal, or at least too afraid of their masters to risk turning on them.\n\nTheir loyalty, alas, did not save them. At first, the Green Lords would plant demon-seeds in only the bodies of servants who had already fallen. But when they saw just how effective those animated corpses were, well… the Green Lords were nothing if not practical.\n\nMany of these horrors remain in Vor Svetelik, bound by orders to protect the city or certain sites within. Thank the gods they were not allowed to roam free.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "52-vor-svetelik--plasmic-horror", "title": "Plasmic horror", "level": 2, "path": [ "Vor Svetelik" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *construct*, *amorphous*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 19; **Armor** 2 (membrane, lacks organs) **Damage** pseudopod d10+3 (*hand*, *close*, *reach*, *grabby*, *forceful*) or acidic engulf d10+5 (*hand*, *grabby*, *forceful*, *messy*, ignores armor)\n\n**Special qualities** child-like intellect; susceptible to strong wills\n\n**Instinct** to recklessly explore the world\n\n- ä Ooze through the smallest cracks or openings\n- ä Assume the form (wholly or partially) of any being it touches (from small to large size)\n- ä Reveal its true form, shockingly\n- ä Grow (and gain 1d8 HP) by consuming a living thing\n- ä Spawn a smaller version of itself\n\nThese… things… served as blank canvasses for the Green Lord's flesh-weaving. Once, they were kept carefully locked away in laboratories and breeding pits. Now, with their creators gone all these years… well, who knows where they might\n\nWhy haven't these plasmic horrors spread beyond Vor Svetelik? That's for you to decide, but perhaps…\n\n- … some Fae magic keeps them contained;\n- … they require some nutrient that is only available here;\n- … something in their cellular programming keeps them from wandering far; or\n- … a thrumming artifact emits some sort of song that they are loathe to leave.\n\nWhen you *command a plasmic horror in the tongue of the Green Lords*, roll +CHA: **on a 10+**, it does as you say, and accepts you as its master; **on a 7-9**, it does as you say for now.\n\nWhen *a plasmic horror thoroughly consumes a living being*, it gains 1d8 HP, even if that takes it above its maximum. When a plasmic horror spawns a smaller version of itself, it loses a number of HP and the new version starts with that same number.\n\nPlasmic horrors can be \"locked\" in their current forms by a particular incantation and a drop of Green Lord blood. Good luck getting a hold of either.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "53-waystones", "title": "Waystones", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]** and **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier's Fen]]** are dotted with massive markers of pale gray stone, moss-covered and largely overgrown, deeply etched with the curling, branching runes of the **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]**. **Fae** magic [[12 - Fae|Fae]] binds the waystones together.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "53-waystones--lore", "title": "Lore", "level": 2, "path": [ "Waystones" ], "body": "**Something interesting:** The waystones mark entrances to the Fae paths. If one can access the paths, they can quickly travel great distances. The paths, however, are fraught with peril. Tales tell of travelers being lost or entrapped for years or even centuries.\n\n**Something useful:** To step onto the Fae paths, you must leave behind all iron and\n\n- Be able to see through Fae magic and glamours, via **[[57 - Appendix C - Minor Arcana#A small, strange book fragile|Old Mother's Wine]]** or a similar effect\n - Go at a certain time (under a \\_\\_ moon, at midnight, at sunrise, etc.) and either...\n- ... have Fae blood in your veins; or\n- ... open your mind with drugs/alcohol/ delirium/exhaustion/etc.\n\nEach waystone connects to at least one other, and most connect to a few. When you step on the path, you see the routes laid out before you, and can sense roughly where in the mortal realm each of the adjoining waystones lies.\n\nTravelling the Fae paths is dangerous, but safer when you go with trusted companions.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "53-waystones--walking-the-paths", "title": "Walking the paths", "level": 2, "path": [ "Waystones" ], "body": "When you *walk the Fae path from one waystone to the next*, roll +WIS: **on a 6-**, you lose your way and find yourself in peril—tell us what chases or lures you from the path; **on a 7+**, you arrive safely, only a few minutes having passed, but first tell us what tried to chase or lure you from the path and why it failed; **on a 10+**, you can also intervene and save someone who has lost their way, but only if you can tell us how.\n\nIf you *roll a 6- and someone saves you*, don't mark XP.\n\nWhen you *lose your way and none of your allies save you*, decide if you wish to keep playing this character. If you do, you will escape from the Fae domains, a relatively short time having passed in the real world, but for you it might have taken days, months, or even years. Pick 2:\n\n- You're different now. Change your instinct, change your look, and lose one of your moves, replacing it with another move available to you.\n- You lost something important: a move, a precious item, the memory of a loved one, an earnest hope, etc. Tell us what you lost.\n- You owe some favor to a Fae—one who ensnared you or one who rescued you. Work with the GM to determine who.\n- Days, weeks, or months have passed in the mortal realm, instead of minutes or hours.\n- You emerge at a different waystone than the one you intended to reach.\n\nWhen *a follower loses their way and no one saves them*, their fate is in the GM's hands. If a player needs inspiration, have them roll the Die of Fate.\n\n| 1d6 | lure |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | The need to escape from danger, heartbreak, or shame |\n| 2 | Someone lost to you, calling out |\n| 3 | A child, beast, or loved one in distress |\n| 4 | A revel, a meal, a drink, or some other pleasure of the flesh |\n| 5 | Something of great beauty or wonder |\n| 6 | Something of great value, or a chance to learn something of great import |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "53-waystones--stepping-off-the-paths", "title": "Stepping off the paths", "level": 2, "path": [ "Waystones" ], "body": "When one steps off the Fae paths, they might find themselves in any number of Fae domains. It's nearly impossible for a mortal to navigate between them, as the ways are ruled by dreamlike logic and secrets and ancient Fae pacts. A guide is all but essential, but even the Fae might struggle to access or escape certain realms.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "53-waystones--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "Waystones" ], "body": "- Something dangerous has learned to use the waystones, emerging near the one closest to Stonetop, causing trouble, and retreating.\n- Someone was lost to the Fae paths years or decades or even centuries ago. Now they reappear, stumbling back to Stonetop, thinking that only hours or days have passed.\n- Someone the PCs care about steps onto the Fae paths and doesn't return.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains", "title": "The Whitefang Mountains", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "The Whitefang Mountains form the northern border of the World's End, running from the **[[27 - Huffel Peaks#Huffel Peaks|Huffel Peaks]]** in the northwest, all along the **[[23 - The Great Wood#The Great Wood|Great Wood]]**) and the **[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|North Manmarch]]**), to the **[[11 - The Dread River#The Dread River|Dread River]]** and beyond in the east. Beyond them lie nothing but the **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#The Frozen Wastes|Frozen Wastes]]**.\n\nThe mountains are tall and jagged, steep and forbidding. Yet they hide almost indescribable beauty: waterfalls, deep pine forests, sweeping meadows. They also hide a surprising number of settlements. **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]** is closest to Stonetop, but many more lie beyond.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--hooks", "title": "Hooks", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "- Storms around Tor's Fist grow stronger; the colors shift to red and yellow\n- A band of **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|kyakaara]]** slips out of the mountains and is eyeing Stonetop\n- A southern merchant is intent on finding a mountain village, to trade for ivory and fine wool\n- **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Monk**|Mountain apes]]** hold an artifact/scrap of lore in their hoard\n- An apprentice **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|shantyara]]** needs help retrieving her dead master's sword from the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Bhoka**|bhoka]]** who killed him", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--impressions", "title": "Impressions", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--always", "title": "Always", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains", "Impressions" ], "body": "- Snow-covered peaks, like mighty teeth\n- Wind: howling, whispering, gusting\n- Monkeys screeching and chittering in the valleys, leaping through the trees\n- Prayer-flags fluttering in the wind\n- The elation of reaching a summit; the despair of realizing it was just a ridge, and you're only half-way", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--spring", "title": "Spring", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "- Slopes and vales bright with rhododendron: purple, red, and orange\n- Trickle and rush of snowmelt", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--summer", "title": "Summer", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "- Lush green below; stern, colorless peaks above\n- Birdsong echoing and echoing", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--autumn", "title": "Autumn", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "- Meadows turned brown and red and gold\n- Mist filling the valleys, clouds gliding by above", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--winter", "title": "Winter", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains", "Autumn" ], "body": "- Snow cloaking the valleys, choking passes\n- Tears freezing, sweat soaking you under warm clothes", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--tor-s-fist", "title": "Tor's Fist", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "Almost straight north of Stonetop, this lonely mountain juts above its neighbors. It's not the tallest peak in the Whitefangs, but it's tall enough. When summer storms roll up from the south and crash against the mountains, the worst of them swirl around Tor's Fist. They'll lash the peak with lightning, and in the aftermath, green and purple lights dance around the crown.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--what-s-up-there", "title": "What's up there?", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "Clearly Tor's Fist holds some mystery, but its nature is for you to decide. Perhaps the mountain's peak holds…\n\n- … the tomb of **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Stormcatcher's tower|Stormcatcher]]**, or her son, or her lover;\n- … a cleft, from which the **[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#**The village of Stonetop**|Stone]]** itself was carved;\n- … one of the last thirteen **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**, still in stasis, protected by powerful **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|tulpas]]**;\n- … a potent storm-spirit, **corrupted** by the Things Below [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]], but bound there by ancient Rime Lord magic;\n- … the domain of a powerful, temperamental **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**;\n- … a shattered **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|portal]]**, torn open and ruined;\n- … a people of great stature, who worship **[[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker#Tor, the Rain-maker|Tor]]**;\n- … the last of the **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**), grumpy and aloof;\n- … some combination of the above; or\n- … something else entirely.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--chart-a-course", "title": "Chart a Course", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "To reach the summit of Tor's Fist:\n\n You'll need to wait until late spring or summer to have any chance First you must travel to the **[[16 - The Foothills#The Foothills|Foothills]]** or **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]** From there, you must travel to the base of Tor's Fist It'll take at least 5 days (from the Foothills) or 6 days (from Barrier Pass), and a corresponding amount of supplies You need a knowledgeable guide or accurate map You need to bring warm clothes, climbing gear, and fuel for cookfires The terrain is treacherous; you risk injury The way will be grueling; you risk exhausting yourselves/your resources The way is perilous, filled with dangers From the base of Tor's Fist, you can attempt to reach the summit It'll take at least 5 days, lest you get **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|altitude sickness]]** You need to bring a skilled mountaineer The climb is treacherous and grueling; you risk injury, exhaustion, or both You risk drawing the attention of\n\n> whatever it is that's up there You must brave the final ascent: a sheer climb in heavy winds", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--terrain", "title": "Terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "Pick 1 or combine 2, or have someone roll the Die of Fate (d12).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--1d12-terrain", "title": "1d12 terrain", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "- 1-2 Glacier/snowfield/snowpack\n- 3 Lake/river/stream/waterfall\n- 4 Waterlogged soil, frozen or muddy\n- 5 Forest/woods/stand of trees/shrubs\n- 6 Sheer rock face/bluff/escarpment\n- 7 Summit/peak/false peak\n- 8-9 Steep slope/switchback trails/ridgeline\n- 10 Ravine/canyon/gorge\n- 11 Gentle slope/meadow/valley/pass\n- 12 Cave/cavern/grotto\n\nIf you like, roll 1d6 for size/scope/intensity.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--discoveries", "title": "Discoveries", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "For any of these, pick 1 or have someone roll the Die of Fate.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--1d6-discovery", "title": "1d6 discovery", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "- 1 A change of terrain (previous column) and roll again.\n- 2 A chance for insight into a threat or danger (e.g. tracks that reveal numbers, whereabouts, etc.)\n- 3 An encounter (see below)\n- 4 A point of interest (next page)\n- 5 A natural resource (next page)\n- 6 A settlement (next page)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--1d6-encounter", "title": "1d6 encounter", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains" ], "body": "- 1 Monkeys, curious and mischievous, or perhaps signs of mountain apes [[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Monk**|The Whitefang Mountains]]\n- 2 A patrol from a fortress-monastery [[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Monk**|The Whitefang Mountains]], suspicious of the PCs\n- 3 Someone in dire straits\n- 4 Villagers/layfolk, traveling or tending herds, wary\n- 5 Mammoth herders [[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|The Frozen Wastes]], stiffly polite\n- 6 A tulpa [[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|Rime Lords]], a spirit of the wild [[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirits of the wild]], or a Fae [[12 - Fae|Fae]], curious or indifferent", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--1d6-point-of-interest", "title": "1d6 point of interest", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains", "1d6 encounter" ], "body": "- 1 A settlement (see below), overrun/destroyed by **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|kyakaara]]**\n- 2 A place corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n- 3 A place **haunted** by the dead or undying [[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Death and the Undying]]\n- 4 A site sacred to the **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|spirits of the wild]]** or perhaps a **[[12 - Fae#**Getting there**|Fae domain]]**\n- 5-6 A ruin or artifact of the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--1d6-natural-resource", "title": "1d6 natural resource", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains", "1d6 encounter" ], "body": "- 1 Vein of ore/mineral deposits/valuable stone (slate, marble, pigments, etc.)\n- 2 Game, dangerous to hunt: **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bears]]**, **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|mammoth]]**, etc.\n- 3-4 Game, hard to reach/prone to bolt: monkeys, hares, goats, etc.\n- 5 **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora|Useful or valuable flora]]**\n- 6 Safe place to rest, take shelter", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--1d12-settlement", "title": "1d12 settlement", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains", "1d6 encounter" ], "body": "- 1-2 Camp of **[[19 - The Frozen Wastes#**Dangers**|mammoth herders]]**), likely empty/abandoned in warmer months\n- 3-6 **Farm valley** (*hamlet*), [[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Questions**|The Whitefang Mountains]]\n- 7-8 **Farm valley** (*village*), [[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Questions**|The Whitefang Mountains]]\n- 9-10 Lone dwelling: hermit's cave/hunter's lodge/shepherd's camp/etc.\n- 11-12 **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Monk**|Fortress-monastery]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--mountain-folk", "title": "Mountain folk", "level": 3, "path": [ "The Whitefang Mountains", "1d6 encounter" ], "body": "The Whitefangs host a surprising number of settlements. Most are small farming valleys, even more isolated than Stonetop. But there are also a number of fortress-monasteries, like **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]**.\n\n**Something interesting:** The mountain folk's ancestors were disciples of the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**, and Rime Lord teachings still influence the culture. But time, isolation, and competing philosophies have led to vastly different local traditions. An idea or practice that is lauded in one village might be ridiculed in the next. And in the village beyond that? It might get you killed.\n\n**Something useful:** Communities occasionally trade with their nearest neighbors, and folk in one settlement are familiar with the ways of the next—at least well enough to avoid offense or violence. But if you seek a guide or informant, find one who's actually been there, lest you have your ears filled with exaggerated nonsense.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains-2", "title": "Names", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Nepalese- and Tibetan-inspired: Aandha, Araayin, Bisheej, Choden, Dawa, Dhaar, Dorji, Duga, Fayurma, Hopan, Jamya, Jyat, Keshhay, Ksali, Kundari, Kunza, Lhamo, Mitis, Nobu, Nyado, Passan, Pratar, Puyari, Radhaa, Ravar, Sajadr, Sonam, Supar, Tani, Tashi, Tenzi, Tseri, Wanchu, Yonta.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--questions", "title": "Questions", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "- Who among you have traveled here before? When and why?\n- Who do you know (in Gordin's Delve, perhaps) who hails from the Whitefangs?\n- Why do you think storms swirl around Tor's Fist? What do you think those strange lights are?\n- Did you once live in a farm valley, or a fortress-monastery?\n- What drove you to leave?\n- What behavior in Stonetop is strictly taboo where you once lived?\n- What practice is common where you once lived, but utterly baffling to folk in Stonetop?\n- How is (are) the language(s) of the mountain folk different from those of Stonetop?\n- Do they worship \\_\\_\\_ up there? If so, how is that worship different than in Stonetop?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--farm-valleys", "title": "Farm valleys", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "The valleys of the Whitefangs can be surprisingly pleasant. Streams flow almost year-round, freezing over but still running throughout winter. Below the tree line, tall skinny conifers grow in abundance. Many of these vales hold steadings.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--steading-names", "title": "Steading names", "level": 4, "path": [ "Names", "Farm valleys" ], "body": "Amchatala, Bhatand, Bhungadi, Dhulgad, Dhurankat, Ghumjun, Heledhan, Khutan, Methala, Naungadi, Potyata, Sakokoch, Thulalu, Thundind.\n\n**Size** *hamlet* (~25 to 75 souls) or *village* (~150 to 350 souls)\n\n**Population** -1 to +1\n\n- **Prosperity** -1 to +1\n - Trade with... ... other farm valleys (food, spouses)\n - ... mammoth herders (ivory, meat, **dark ice**, see [[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|Dark ice]])", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--resources", "title": "Resources", "level": 3, "path": [ "Names", "Farm valleys" ], "body": "- Farming: terraced fields, barley, lentils\n- Livestock: goats, sheep, milk, meat\n- Fine wool\n- Timber\n- Hunting/fishing\n- Trades: weaving, dyeing, bronzesmithing, etc.\n\n**Defenses** -1 for a *hamlet*, +0 for a *village*\n\n- Some spears, slings, bows\n- Some bronze tools/weapons\n- Protection from a nearby fortress-monastery\n\nFor each steading, pick or roll what their neighbors say they are. Then pick or roll up to 2 features and up to 3 things that are true of everyone here and/or no one here. Imagine what a functional steading would look like with these traits. \"Odd\" behaviors make sense to the locals, and likely help the community survive/cohere/adapt. Ask yourself how!\n\n| 1d12 | neighbors say they are… |\n|---|---|\n| 1-2 | … monstrous/immoral/irresponsible |\n| 3-4 | … treacherous/greedy/lazy |\n| 5-6 | … arrogant/brave/reckless |\n| 7-8 | … boorish/primitive/lazy |\n| 9-10 | … generous/gullible/friendly |\n| 11-12 | … wise/noble/holy |\n\n| 1d12 | feature |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | Surroundings are tainted by the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**\\|Howling Curse]]** |\n| 2 | A **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Bhoka**\\|bhoka]]** dwells nearby |\n| 3 | Homes are made of **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice\\|dark ice]]**; inhabitants are inured to cold |\n| 4 | Time passes slower here than outside |\n| 5 | Gifted spirit-walkers defend the steading in dreams |\n| 6 | A famous **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Dangers**\\|adept]]** or **[[38 - Rime Lords#**1d12** instinct\\|false adept]]** dwells here |\n| 7 | Entrance is secret/well-defended |\n| 8 | **[[12 - Fae#Fae\\|Fae]]** live within the steading, hiding or in plain sight |\n| 9 | **[[50 - Useful or Valuable Flora#Useful or valuable flora\\|Useful or valuable flora]]** grows in abundance |\n| 10 | **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Gingkara**\\|Gingkara]]** serve and protect the locals |\n| 11 | Possess a **[[58 - Appendix D - Major Arcana\\|major arcana]]** |\n| 12 | Weather is warm/pleasant year-round |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--1d12-everyone-here", "title": "1d12 everyone here...", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "- 1 … abides by a caste system\n- 2 … eats some unappetizing food\n- 3 … writes wishes/prayers on rags, flapping in the wind\n- 4 … is accompanied by a clever, loyal pet\n- 5 … is beautiful/strong/skilled in \\_\\_/etc.\n- 6 … lives communally, with no personal possessions/space/family\n- 7 … reads/studies/debates the teachings of a/the Rime Lord(s)\n- 8 … refers to (certain?) things/people only indirectly, poetically\n- 9 … speaks truth, however blunt/unkind\n- 10 … stops to pray/sing/meditate/ dance at specific times each day\n- 11 … trains as warriors/practices pacifism\n- 12 … wears/bears a particular type of clothing/accessory/decoration", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--1d12-no-one-here", "title": "1d12 no one here...", "level": 2, "path": [ "Names" ], "body": "- 1 … bears weapons (or type of weapon)\n- 2 … consumes meat/alcohol/\\_\\_\\_\n- 3 … cuts their hair/grooms/bathes\n- 4 … discusses a particular topic/practice\n- 5 … eats/sleeps/has sex/ages past a certain point\n- 6 … fears deep water (they swim, fish, etc.)\n- 7 … goes into the woods/up the mountain/beyond the vale/etc.\n- 8 … speaks aloud/inside/to strangers/etc.\n- 9 … touches another's skin/hair/shadow\n- 10 … shows their skin/face/hair/etc.\n- 11 … speaks ill of others/admits hardship\n- 12 … tolerates a particular color/material", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains-3", "title": "Fortress-monasteries", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "At least a dozen fortress-monasteries remain, scattered throughout the Whitefang Mountains. **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]** is one of the largest and most powerful. Each is dedicated to preserving the teachings of the **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**—or at least, preserving their version of them!\n\n**Size** *hamlet* (~25 to 75 souls)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--population-0", "title": "Population +0", "level": 4, "path": [ "Fortress-monasteries" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--prosperity-0", "title": "Prosperity +0", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fortress-monasteries" ], "body": "Trade with nearby farm valleys (food, livestock, wool)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--resources-2", "title": "Resources", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fortress-monasteries" ], "body": "- Tithes from nearby farm valleys\n- Terraced gardens (barley, lentils)\n- Livestock (goats, sheep, milk, meat)\n- Fine wool\n- Parchment, vellum, ink\n- Trades: bronze-smithing, weaving, dyeing, tanning, scribing, etc.\n- Rime Lord artifacts", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--defenses-2", "title": "Defenses +2", "level": 2, "path": [ "Fortress-monasteries" ], "body": "- **[[04 - Barrier Pass#**Guardian**|Guardians]]**\n- At least one **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Dangers**|adept]]**\n- One or more **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|tulpas]]**\n- Weapons/armor of bronze, maybe **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**\n- Defensible position\n\nA typical fortress-monastery has 25-50 residents, split between **[[04 - Barrier Pass#**Guardian**|monks]]** and **[[04 - Barrier Pass#**Guardian**|guardians]]**, plus a handful of layfolk. Most receive food and material support from a nearby farm valley or two. In turn, guardians patrol the region and monks (ostensibly) guide, teach, and serve as an example for villagers.\n\nPlace each fortress-monastery in a **[[38 - Rime Lords#**A ruin**|Rime Lord ruin]]**, and create the **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Dangers**|adept]]** who presides over the monks there. Referring to the previous page, roll or pick what their neighbors say they are, a feature for the fortress-monastery, plus up to 3 things that are true of everyone here and/or no one here. Finally, pick or roll a trait:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains-4", "title": "1d12 trait", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1-2 Oppresses/extorts/ignores nearby villages, rather than serving them\n- 3-4 Recently lost its presiding adept; succession unclear\n- 5-6 Home to multiple sects, each led by a different adept\n- 7-8 Hides/protects one of the last thirteen **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**\n- 9-10 Very small (Population -1, only ~10 to 15 souls); roll again with d8\n- 11-12 Relatively large (*village*, up to ~300 residents); roll again with d8\n\nUse the ruin's theme(s), the adept's instinct and moves, and the fortress-monastery's details to inform the philosophy of the local sect(s). Name the sect(s), mixing and matching words from the list below. A fortress-monastery is typically named after its sect or a prominent local feature.\n\nApe, Avalanche, Black, Breath, Bronze, Clear, Closed, Cloud, Crystal, Dancing, Dark, Day, Deep, East, Empty, Eye, Fire, Fist, Five, Flower, Flowing, Four, Frost, Grey, Hand, Heart, Ice, Implacable, Inner, Lake, Lonely, Mind, Mountain, Night, North, Open, Outer, Pale, Palm, Relentless, River, Silent, Single, Sky, Snow, South, Spirit, Spring, Still, Stone, Storm, Stream, Three, Tranquil, Two, Unmoved, Waking, West, White, Will, Wind, Winter", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--trade-barter", "title": "Trade & Barter", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--commonly-available", "title": "Commonly available", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "The following are special items in Stonetop, but commonly available in the settlements of the Whitefang Mountains-PCs can acquire them here without having to roll for Trade & Barter. They do need to trade something of equal Value. Iron, glass, and southern fineries are usually in demand.\n\n| goods | value |\n|-------------------------|---------|\n| Fine wool | |\n| garment | 0* |\n| bolt | 1* |\n| cartload ( immobile ) | 2* |\n| Parchment, a few sheets | 1 |\n| Ink, vial and quills | 1 |\n| Empty book, parchment | 1 |\n\n* +1 if sold/traded outside the Whitefangs.\n\n| livestock | value |\n|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| Whitefang goat ( sure-footed , curious , wooly ); HP 3; Damage d4 ( hand ) Instinct to explore; can butcher for provisions (6 uses); produces fine wool; sickly in warmer climes | 2 |\n| Sheep ( timid , hardy , wooly ); HP 3; Damage d4 ( hand ); Instinct to follow the herd; can butcher for provisions (6 uses) | 1 |\n| Sheep hound , follower ( keen-nosed , herder , fierce ); HP 6; Damage d6 ( hand , grabby ); Instinct to bully, threaten; Cost care &grooming | 1 |\n| Special items | Special items |\n| The following might be acquired in the settlements of the Whitefang Mountains, in addition to special items from the Moves &Gear handout.PCs must roll | The following might be acquired in the settlements of the Whitefang Mountains, in addition to special items from the Moves &Gear handout.PCs must roll |\n\nWhen PCs Trade & Barter in a settlement , they use the local Prosperity (with disadvantage if it's a hamlet ). On a 6, they don't mark XP; no one here can/wants to trade-maybe try the next settlement?\n\n| goods | value |\n|---|---|\n| Robe/shawl, fine wool, intricately patterned ( warm , beautiful ) | 1* |\n| Ivory | |\n| a bit of finery | 1 |\n| a substantial piece | 2 |\n| a mammoth tusk ( immobile ) | 3 |\n| cartload of mammoth tusks | 4 |\n| Dark ice (*magical*, see [[38 - Rime Lords#**Dark ice**\\|Rime Lords]]) | |\n| a small piece ( magical ) | 1 |\n| a large chunk ( magical) | 2 |\n| with special characteristics | +1 |\n| a functional tool or weapon | +2 |\n| An object of black iron [[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**\\|Primordial Powers]] | +2 |\n\n* +1 if sold/traded outside the Whitefangs.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--services-and-favors", "title": "Services and favors", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "PCs don't need to roll Trade & Barter for the following, but they might need to Persuade people-even if they offer something of suitable Value. If the PCs are well-regarded by locals, they might get these boons for free, or without needing to Persuade anyone, or at a reduced price.\n\n| service/favor | value |\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------|\n| A few nights of simple food and shelter | 0 |\n| A day's labor | 0 |\n| A crew of farmers, working for a week | 1 |\n| Consultation with a monk | 1 |\n| Audience with an adept | 2 |\n| Weeks of guided study with a monk | 2 |\n| A mountain guide, to lead a trip to... ... a nearby farm-valley | 0 |\n| ... another known, nearby spot | 1 |\n| ... a dangerous/unknown spot | 2 |\n| ... a secret/deadly place | 3 |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--avalanche", "title": "Avalanche", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "Everyone who lives in these mountains learns to spot the signs.\n\n**Instinct** to gather mass, to bury all in its path\n\n- ^ä Have one cascade down a distant slope, majestic and terrifying\n- ^ä Point out the snowpack, looming on the slopes above\n- ^ä Note how a storm adds mass to the snowpack\n- ^ä Point out the dimples as sun/warmth undermine its structure\n\nWhen an avalanche starts above them, start the following:\n\nl A chunk of snow gives way l It gains mass, momentum; it'll be here in a matter of minutes l It rushes towards them, imminent l They're buried under snow and ice (d8+2 damage, *forceful*, ignores armor) l They're trapped, disoriented, suffering **hypothermia & frostbite** (see below)\n\n It gets cold in the mountains. Very, very cold.\n\n- ^ä Start them shivering, despite fire/ warm clothing\n- ^ä Test their endurance on even simple tasks\n- ^ä Have them lose their footing/grip\n- ^ä Inflict a debility\n- ^ä Have frostbite set in (d6 damage, ignores armor)\n- ^ä Have frostbite get worse (+messy)\n- ^ä Compel them to do something foolish (go to sleep, shed clothing, etc.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--altitude-sickness", "title": "Altitude sickness", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d12 trait", "Avalanche" ], "body": "Dangerously thin air starts a couple thousand feet below the snowline, and gets worse the higher you go. Locals are accustomed to the thin air, but even they must be careful.\n\n- ^ä Test their endurance to keep going, or just to breathe\n- ^ä Inflict a debility\n- ^ä Reveal that they've missed something\n- ^ä Have them collapse, unable to continue\n- ^ä Fill their lungs with fluid, swell their brains, have them roll for Death's Door\n\n**Something interesting:** Disciples of the Rime Lords practice techniques to thrive in the thin air, but they take months or years to master.\n\n**Something useful:** One can acclimate safely by ascending no more than ~1,000 feet each day, and even then, extreme exertion can be dangerous. A tea steeped from purple drakewort can alleviate symptoms, but an overdose can cause death by suffocation.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--monsters", "title": "Monsters", "level": 4, "path": [ "1d12 trait", "Avalanche", "Altitude sickness" ], "body": "- Predators: **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cave bear**|cave bears]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Cougar**|cougars]]**, and **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Raselbaedd**|wolves]]**\n- **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Spirits of the wild|Spirits of the wild]]**\n- **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|Wraiths]]** of those who died of starvation and want, or corrupted by the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**\n- **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|Tulpas]]**, free-roaming or bound to something nearby", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--people", "title": "People", "level": 3, "path": [ "1d12 trait", "Avalanche" ], "body": "- Guardians, monks, or novices from **[[04 - Barrier Pass#Barrier Pass|Barrier Pass]]**\n- An **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Dangers**|adept]]**\n- A **[[38 - Rime Lords#**1d12** instinct|false adept]]**, or their minions", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--bhoka", "title": "Bhoka", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *large*, *cautious*, *magical*, *corrupted*\n\n**HP** 16; **Armor** 1 (hide)\n\n**Damage** talons 1d10+3 (*hand*, *close*, *grabby*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** blinded by full daylight or holy light, takes +1d4 damage from bronze", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--instinct-see-below", "title": "Instinct see below", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "^ä Slink through trees and shadows\n\nThese hulking brutes dwell in dark places: caves, north-facing slopes, and deep mountain forests. They're hairy things, hunched and wild, only vaguely looking like people. They'd be little more than dangerous beasts, easily avoided, if they weren't driven by an obsessive vice—and if they didn't wield the wild elements themselves.\n\nPick or roll for the bhoka's instinct and the associated moves.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--1d6-instinct-moves", "title": "1d6 instinct/moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "- 1 **Instinct** to bask in the fear/adoration of others\n - ^ä Bellow like thunder, terrifying and awesome\n - ^ä Fling lightning, 1d10+3 damage (*far*, *forceful*, *loud*, *reload*)\n- 2 **Instinct** to steal finery, companionship, and precious things\n - ^ä Skulk about a steading, choosing its targets\n - ^ä Turn themselves (and anything they take) into flowing mist\n- 3 **Instinct** to sate its never-ending hunger\n - ^ä Chomp off a limb and gulp it down, 1d10+5 damage (*hand*, *messy*, 3 piercing)\n - ^ä Create a maelstrom of wind, sucking everything nearby towards its gaping maw (*near*, *area*, *reload*)\n- 4 **Instinct** to lash out and avenge itself for even the slightest offence\n - ^ä Snatch someone and fling them against a wall/tree/ally\n - ^ä Transform into a swirling cloud of wind, hail, sleet, and lightning; 1d10+3 damage (*area*, *reach*, *forceful*, *reload*)\n- 5 **Instinct** to be lazy, to force others into servitude\n - ^ä Drag someone off into the night\n - ^ä Freeze things: flesh, moisture, the very air\n- 6 Roll again twice\n\nAlso, pick or roll one:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--1d6-special-trait", "title": "1d6 special trait", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "- 1 *Huge* (+4 HP, +2 damage)\n- 2 Four or even six arms (+*area* to its damage)\n- 3 Lashing tongue/tail, 1d8+1 damage (*reach*, *grabby*)\n- 4 Scales of ice/rock (Armor 3)\n- 5 Wings (can fly)\n- 6 Regenerates wounds, unless from ritually prepared weapons\n\n**Something interesting:** The people of the Whitefangs fear bhoka and are well aware of the dangers they pose, but they never hunt them. They seem content to drive them off or appease them.\n\n**Something useful:** The monks claim that bhoka descended from **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]** who were corrupted by the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**. They cannot abide the sound of the Rime Lords' meditative chants, recoiling and fleeing from anyone who performs such a chant without faltering.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--guardian", "title": "Guardian", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "*Group*, *organized*, *hardy*, *skilled* **HP** 10; **Armor** 2 (hides, shields) **Damage** bronze or dark ice-tipped weapons 1d8 (tags by weapon) **Instinct** to protect their charges\n\n- ^ä Use the terrain to their advantage\n- ^ä Take a blow meant for another\n- ^ä Perform a feat of endurance, agility, or will (*reload*)\n\nThe fortress-monasteries of the Whitefangs each maintain a cadre of warriors, recruited from local farm valleys, bands of mammoth herders, or failed novices. They focus more on the arts of battle than the esoteric ways of the monks.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--ice-drake", "title": "Ice drake", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "*Horde*, *small*, *cautious*, *stealthy*\n\n**HP** 3; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** claws, beak, or wing-buffet d4 (*hand*)\n\n**Special qualities** cold-proof, camouflaged, winged\n\n**Instinct** to spook easily and overreact\n\n- ^ä Burrow/dig into snow or ice, to forage or hide\n- ^ä Shake off a blast of clinging, freezing mist, 1d4 damage (*close*, *area*, *reload*)\n- ^ä Scatter and flee to the skies\n\nLike cranes, long-legged and long-necked, with long whipping tails. They're hardly a threat in warmer months. But in winter when their scales and feathers grow laden with hoarfrost—shepherds watch for their sign and avoid them. Wander into their midst, and you'll get coated in a clinging, frozen mist that often leads to **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Ice drake**|hypothermia & frostbite]]**.\n\nIce drake fat and blood never freezes. Properly rendered in a kitchen, it makes an oil used to insulate leather and wool garments. A flock of 8-12 drakes yields a jar of ice drake oil (Value 1 locally, Value 3 in the south).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--the-howling-curse-threat-affliction", "title": "The Howling Curse Threat (affliction)", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "**Instinct** to make people into monsters\n\nIn the **[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]**, the voice of **[[46 - The Things Below#**L'bin'bozia, Flesh-Candle, the Wax Skull, Roiling Tomb**|Y'aaw'kara]]** plunged the north into madness. Whole villages turned against each other. The survivors were reduced to marauding beasts. The **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]** sacrificed themselves to contain the Howling Curse, but it lingers in places where cruelty and violence have caused great suffering.\n\nPlaces tainted by the Howling Curse are **[[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|corrupted sites]]**, hungry places or worse, full of **whispers and visions** (see [[46 - The Things Below#**Voice of the Eternal Maw**|The Things Below]]) that push people towards bloodshed, cruelty, and savagery. People tainted by the Howling Curse carry such whispers and visions with them.\n\nWhen you *give in to the bloodlust of the Howling Curse*, pick up to 3 options that are not yet permanent:\n\nl Your fingers grow long, your grip grows terribly strong (*grabby*, *forceful*) l You grow stringy and gaunt, and revel in pain; gain +1 armor l You hunch and giggle; gain +4 HP (even above your max), and your instinct becomes \"Cruelty: to hurt others.\" l Your eyes turn feral; you can see in the dark, but red is the only color you see l Your jaw distends, you grow fangs (*hand*, *messy*), and you gain a taste for blood and raw meat\n\nWhen the *violence comes to an end*, roll +1 for each option you have chosen. If you wrought great carnage, roll with advantage. **On a 10+**, the options you chose are permanent, and you are now tainted by the Howling Curse (if you weren't already); **on a 7-9**, the options you chose linger until you vent your rage on a person or thing of your choice; **on a 6-**, don't mark XP, and both the rage and the options you chose fade as you catch your breath—only nightmares will remain.\n\nWhen all five options above are permanent, you become a **kyakaara** (next page) and cease to be a PC. Tell the GM to write you up as a monster and as a threat.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--kyakaara", "title": "Kyakaara", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "*Horde*, *hardy*, *organized*, *fearless*, *sadistic*, *terrifying*, *corrupted*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 1 (toughness)\n\n**Damage** rending fingers/claws d4+2 w/ advantage (*hand*, *grabby*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing), or crude weapons d6 w/ advantage (tags by weapon)\n\n**Special qualities** inured to cold, take +1d4 damage from bronze, see only in shades of red\n\n**Instinct** to delight in pain, savor fear, and indulge in every cruelty\n\n- ^ä Drive their prey to panic\n- ^ä Maim or traumatize someone\n- ^ä Surround, harry, dogpile, drag down\n- ^ä Drag off a captive, to eat or torture\n\nThese are the Howlers, the Ones-Who-Laugh, those who have succumbed to the **Howling Curse** (previous page). They are gaunt and hairy, dressed in rags, with jaws that have grown into snarling, fang-filled snouts. They pierce their own flesh. They hunch and howl and cackle.\n\nDuring the **[[55 - Appendix A - Ages of the World#Time of Cataclysm|Time of Cataclysm]]**), kyakaara roamed freely; now they are thankfully rare. Treat them as a threat, beasts, with the following grim portents and impending doom.\n\nl They take up residence near a community and stalk likely victims l They kidnap locals, forcing them to commit atrocities upon each other l Surviving captives become kyakaara; their numbers swell\n\nl **Impending doom**: They overrun the community, slaughter many, corrupt the rest, then set out towards the", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--monk", "title": "Monk", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "*Group*, *cautious*, *disciplined*, *hardy*, *magical*\n\n**HP** 10; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** staff d8 with disadvantage (*close*) **Special qualities** spirit sight; inured to hunger, cold, deprivation\n\n**Instinct** to preserve their version of the Rime Lords' teaching\n\n- ^ä Demonstrate their willpower\n- ^ä Take an extreme, unyielding position/stance/course of action\n- ^ä Do something impossible, in line with their sect's teachings\n\nConsider creating custom instincts and moves for each group of monks, based on the teachings and practices of the **fortressmonastery** and sect from which they hail [[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Monk**|The Whitefang Mountains]].", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--novice", "title": "Novice", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "*Group*, *cautious*, *disciplined*, *meek*\n\n**HP** 6; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** staff d8 with disadvantage (*close*) **Special qualities** inconsistent spirit sight **Instinct** to veer between their masters' teachings and their base needs\n\n- ^ä Do what their superiors ask\n- ^ä Hesitate, balk, flinch\n- ^ä Show great promise, or great weakness", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--mountain-ape", "title": "Mountain ape", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "*Group*, *cautious*, *stealthy*, *hoarder* **HP** 6; **Armor** 1 (thick fur, hide)\n\n**Damage** grasping hands d8+2 (*reach*, *close*, *grabby*, *forceful*)\n\n**Special qualities** arboreal, cold proof, keen senses of smell and hearing\n\n**Instinct** to keep their secrets\n\n- ^ä Hide in the trees or snowdrifts\n- ^ä Try to lure/spook intruders away\n- ^ä Reach out, snatch an intruder by surprise\n- ^ä Crush/rend/break a grabbed foe, d8+2 damage w/advantage (*hand*, *forceful*, *messy*, 1 piercing)\n\nLike orangutans but taller, more powerfully built, with thick, shaggy white hair. They dwell in small bands, in **[[38 - Rime Lords#**A ruin**|Rime Lord ruins]]** or **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Sacred sites|sacred sites]]** that are far from any well-trod trails. They venture out to hunt and gather, but avoid people as much as they can.\n\nEach band of mountain apes collects things: a particular type of plant or flower, the bones of certain animals, bits of writing, **[[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|dark ice]]**, etc. They keep these hoards in a central place, hidden away, revered and treasured even more than their own children or their lives. Particularly large or well-established bands will have an alpha (*large*, *leader*, +6 HP, +1 damage) who does nothing but protect the hoard.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "54-the-whitefang-mountains--shantyara", "title": "Shantyara", "level": 2, "path": [ "1d12 trait" ], "body": "*Solitary*, *emotionless*, *clever*, *stealthy*, *hardy*, *skilled*, *terrifying*\n\n**HP** 18; **Armor** 2 (thick hides/furs, skill) **Damage** orichalcum sword d10+2 w/advantage (*close*, *messy*, 2 piercing) or bronze knife d10 w/advantage (*hand*, 1 piercing) **Special qualities** spirit-sight; immune to\n\nmental manipulation; inured to cold, hunger, pain, deprivation; hard to surprise **Instinct** to cleanse the world of the\n\nHowling Curse ^ä Stalk a suspect with perfect patience\n\n^ä Condemn the tainted for all to hear ^ä Try to avoid bloodshed for the\n\n^ä Mercilessly cut down the condemned, and any who protect them\n\n^ä Deftly counter an attack they see coming\n\nuntainted Only a handful of these \"tranquil killers\" remain, three or four at most. They wander the Whitefangs, hunting **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|kyakaara]]** and anyone else corrupted by the **[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]**. They are welcome in any settlement, but that welcome is often stilted, formal, fraught. Few are comfortable under a shantyara's piercing gaze.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "55-appendix-a-ages-of-the-world", "title": "Ages of the World", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Most events are listed in the order they occurred, but events in *italics* and starting with **?** are approximate, their specific placement unclear. Did construction begin on the Makers' Roads before or after the Tempest Lords' capital sank? Did Brennan become Marshedge's marshal before or after the Forest Folk disappeared? That's for you and your group to decide, if it matters.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "55-appendix-a-ages-of-the-world--the-primordial-age", "title": "The Primordial Age", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ages of the World" ], "body": "*Eons ago, over a span beyond reckoning.*\n\n- Light fills the void; the **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]** were already there\n- **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Cosmology**|First Creators]]** become aware of themselves\n- **?** *[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|The first of the great spirits]]* *arise*\n- Things Below stoke the Creators' egos, urge war\n- First Creators forge the world and trap the Things Below inside\n- **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Soithech**|Tcaventes, Shackle and Key]]**, is set to guard the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#**Tcaventes, Shackle and Key**|Utterwell]]**\n- **?** *The gods* (page [[20 - Gods and Religion#Gods and religion|178\\)]] *do many legendary things*\n- **?** *The earliest peoples evolve or are created*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "55-appendix-a-ages-of-the-world--time-of-the-makers", "title": "Time of the Makers", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ages of the World" ], "body": "*Millennia ago, over a span of centuries (at least).*\n\n- Rise of the **Tempest Lords**' civilization [[45 - Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]\n- Tempest Lords establish their empire\n- Rise of other **Maker** groups [[30 - The Makers|The Makers]]\n- Tempest Lords found \"Northernmost\" (the **[[11 - The Dread River#**Questions**|Ruins at Road's End]]**)\n- Tempest Lord homeland sinks, empire crumbles; other Makers grow in power\n- **?** *Construction of the Makers' Roads begins* (page [[31 - The Makers' Roads#The Makers' Roads|270]])\n- **?** *[[24 - Green Lords#Green Lords|Green Lords]]* *[[12 - Fae#Fae|breed the Fae]]*\n- **?** *[[34 - North Manmarch#North Manmarch|Manmarchers]]* *[[11 - The Dread River#The Dread River|come from across the Dread River]]*\n- **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#Stormcatcher's tower|Stormcatcher]]** establishes her Tower in the Flats\n- Fae rebellion! the Green Lords call on the Things Below\n- **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]** destroy the heart of the Green Lord's territory, creating what is now **[[13 - Ferrier's Fen#Ferrier's Fen|Ferrier's Fen]]**\n- Siege of **[[52 - Vor Svetelik#Vor Svetelik|Vor Svetelik]]**; Green Lords retreat, become **[[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Fomoraij]]**\n- Stone Lords' servants start to plot rebellion and embrace the Things Below\n\nWere the civilizations of the **[[29 - Lygos and the South#Lygos and the South|South]]** founded during the Time of the Makers, or even before? Or perhaps during the Time of the Barrow Builders?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "55-appendix-a-ages-of-the-world--time-of-cataclysm", "title": "Time of Cataclysm", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ages of the World" ], "body": "*Centuries ago, over a span of decades.*\n\n- Stone Lords' servants rebel, unleash the Things Below, sink Dulenn and create **[[06 - Blackwater Lake#Blackwater Lake|Blackwater Lake]]**\n- **?** *\"Northernmost\" overrun by horrors from the Dread River*\n- Stone Lords hunted down by rebels\n- Teirstered falls, becomes **[[47 - Three Coven Lake#Three Coven Lake|Three Coven Lake]]**\n- Refugees start heading to Stormcatcher's tower\n- **?** *[[54 - The Whitefang Mountains#**Shantyara**|Howling Curse]]* *[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|causes Rime Lord civilization to nearly collapse]]*\n- **?** *Volcanic eruptions, Moratia Rubra destroyed, Forge Lord society collapses* [[18 - Forge Lords|Forge Lords]]\n- More refugees arrive at Stormcatcher's tower\n- Surviving Rime Lords sacrifice themselves to contain the Howling Curse\n- Stormcatcher's tower falls", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "55-appendix-a-ages-of-the-world--time-of-the-barrow-builders", "title": "Time of the Barrow Builders", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ages of the World" ], "body": "*Centuries ago, over a span of generations.*\n\n- First barrows built to honor freedom fighters\n- **[[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|Emanations]]** of the Things Below roam freely, are worshipped/appeased\n- Warlords/sorcerer-kings vie for power, build more elaborate barrows\n- Battles fought over Three Coven Lake, the Ruins at Road's End, etc.\n- Refugees, enslavement, human sacrifice, all-around bad times\n- Subjects of the Barrow Builders overthrow/abandon/imprison their tyrannical rulers\n- Certain bands of Barrow Builders flee into the **[[28 - The Labyrinth#The Labyrinth|Labyrinth]]**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "55-appendix-a-ages-of-the-world--the-current-age", "title": "The Current Age", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ages of the World" ], "body": "*Starting a few centuries ago.*\n\n- Power of the Things Below ebbs (reasons unclear)\n- Barrow Builder culture gives rise to **Hillfolk** culture [[26 - Hillfolk#Hillfolk|Hillfolk]]\n- **?** *[[32 - Marshedge#Marshedge|Marshedge founded]]*\n- **?** *[[02 - The Village of Stonetop#The village of Stonetop|Stonetop founded]]*\n- Region stabilizes, trade routes established\n- **Gordin's Delve** settled, Foundry established [[22 - Gordin's Delve#Gordin's Delve|Gordin’s Delve]]", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "55-appendix-a-ages-of-the-world--recent-memory", "title": "Recent Memory", "level": 2, "path": [ "Ages of the World" ], "body": "*The last decade or so.*\n\n- **?** *[[32 - Marshedge#**Dangers**|Brennan and the Claws start raiding]]*\n- Earthquakes become more common\n- **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]** disappear\n- **?** *Brennan hired as Marshedge's marshal*\n- **[[07 - Crinwin#Crinwin|Crinwin]]**, **[[23 - The Great Wood#**Instinct** to lure prey|nailadd]]**, etc. grow in numbers", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation", "title": "Artifact Creation", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--appendix-b-artifact-creation", "title": "appendix b : artifact creation", "level": 2, "path": [ "Artifact Creation" ], "body": "Use this procedure when you need an artifact, but none of the existing options fit. Or, use it when you have an idea that you want to flesh out. As you work through each step, take notes on your decisions or results.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--sup-1-sup-sup-3-sup-origin-and-theme-pick-or-roll-for-the-artifact-s-origin", "title": "¹ ³ Origin and theme Pick or roll for the artifact's origin.", "level": 2, "path": [ "Artifact Creation" ], "body": "Then, pick or roll for one or more themes from the indicated entry. Allow the theme(s) to inform everything else about this artifact.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-origin", "title": "1d12 origin", "level": 2, "path": [ "Artifact Creation" ], "body": "- 1 The **[[05 - Barrow Builders#Barrow Builders|Barrow Builders]]**\n- 2 **[[10 - Death and the Undying#Death and the undying|Death and the undying]]**\n- 3 The **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**\n- 4 The **Forge Lord**s [[18 - Forge Lords|Forge Lords]] or the **[[51 - Ustrina#Ustrina|Ustrina]]**\\*\n- 5 Gods and religion, roll 1d12:\n - 1-2 **[[03 - Aratis, the Lawkeeper#Aratis, the Lawkeeper|Aratis]]**\n - 3-4 **[[09 - Danu, the Earth Mother#Danu, the Earth Mother|Danu]]**\n - 5-6 **[[25 - Helior, the Daybringer#Helior, the Daybringer|Helior]]**\n - 7-8 **[[49 - Tor, the Rain-maker#Tor, the Rain-maker|Tor]]**\n - 9-12 **[[20 - Gods and Religion#**Other gods**|Other gods]]**\n- 6 The **[[24 - Green Lords#Names|Green Lords]]** or the **[[15 - Fomoraij#Names|Fomoraij]]**\\*\n- 7 **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|Primordial powers]]**\n- 8 The **[[38 - Rime Lords#Rime Lords|Rime Lords]]**\n- 9 **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|Spirits of the wild]]** or the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**\\*\n- 10 The **[[43 - Stone Lords#Stone Lords|Stone Lords]]**\n- 11 The **[[45 - Tempest Lords#Tempest Lords|Tempest Lords]]**\n- 12 The **[[46 - The Things Below#The Things Below|Things Below]]**\n\n^\\* Use the theme table from the first listed entry. For example, use the Forge Lords themes for the Ustrina.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation-2", "title": "appendix b : artifact creation", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "**²** ³ **Nature** Pick one or roll, then proceed to the indicated sub-step and follow the directions there.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-nature", "title": "1d12 nature", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1-3 It's a **mundane** item, relic, or artifact (next column, step 2a)\n- 4-6 It's an object or amount of **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#**1d12** less common|strange material]]**, step 2b)\n- 7 It's **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#**1d12** less common|priceless]]** step 2c)\n- 8 It has an **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|extraordinary property]]** step 2d)\n- 9 It houses a **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|spirit or sentience]]** step 2e)\n- 10-11 It's a **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|source of lore]]** step 2f )\n- 12 It produces a **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|magical effect]]** step 2g)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--2a-mundane", "title": "2a. Mundane", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation", "1d12 nature" ], "body": "It's no magical wonder, but it's still interesting, useful, and/or valuable. Pick or roll for why they might care.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-why-they-might-care", "title": "1d12 why they might care", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1 It'd make a good trophy/gift/thing to show the kids (Value 0)\n- 2 It's useful—like a tool, a weapon, supplies, etc. (Value 0 or 1)\n- 3 It's useful but also unusual, specialized, uncommon (Value 1)\n- 4 It's fine, beautiful, excellent (Value 1)\n- 5 It's of a distinct origin/style (Value 1 or 2 to a collector)\n- 6 It's inherently valuable—silver, trade goods, etc. (Value 2)\n- 7 It's a true luxury and/or a symbol of status (Value 2)\n- 8 It's precious, but only to the right buyer (Value 2 or 3)\n- 9 It's exquisitely made, a thing of beauty (Value 3)\n- 10 It's inherently valuable—gold, gems, exotic goods, etc. (Value 3)\n- 11 It's a clue, or it hints at the bigger picture, and roll 1d10 again\n- 12 It presents an opportunity: a key, a resource they might mine, a map, etc.\n\nNow, go pick or roll for its **[[13 - Discoveries#3 Form|form]]** step 3).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation-3", "title": "appendix b : artifact creation", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--2b-strange-material", "title": "2b. Strange material", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "Pick one or roll, and follow the instructions for that entry.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-material", "title": "1d12 material", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1-2 **Makerglass**, most associated with the Stone Lords; pick or roll for its form and characteristic [[43 - Stone Lords#Various treasures|Various treasures]], then proceed to **[[13 - Discoveries#4 Synthesis|synthesis]]** step 4)\n- 3-4 **Aetherium**, found near Tempest Lord sites like the **[[39 - The Ruined Tower#The Ruined Tower|Ruined Tower]]**; pick or roll for its form and characteristic [[45 - Tempest Lords#**Aetherium**|Tempest Lords]], then proceed to **[[13 - Discoveries#4 Synthesis|synthesis]]** step 4)\n- 5 **Orichalcum**, most associated with the Forge Lords; pick or roll for its variety [[18 - Forge Lords#**1d6** architectural elements|Forge Lords]], then proceed to **[[13 - Discoveries#4 Synthesis|synthesis]]** step 4)\n- 6-7 **Dark ice**, created by the Rime Lords and their disciples; pick or roll for its form and characteristic [[38 - Rime Lords#Dark ice|Dark ice]], then proceed to **[[13 - Discoveries#4 Synthesis|synthesis]]**, step 4)\n- 8 **Black iron**, most associated with **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|primordial powers]]** and **[[03 - Aratis, the Lawkeeper#Aratis, the Lawkeeper|Aratis]]**; pick or roll for its form [[36 - Primordial Powers#**Primordial powers**|Primordial Powers]], then proceed to **[[13 - Discoveries#4 Synthesis|synthesis]]**, step 4)\n- 9-10 **Red crystal**, a manifestation of the Things Below; pick or roll on the next table, and do what it says\n- 11-12 **[[37 - Red Groves#Red Groves|Redwood]]**, a natural tether for **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirits of the wild]]** often used by the **[[17 - Forest Folk#Forest Folk|Forest Folk]]**; pick or roll on the next table, and do what it says", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-red-crystal-redwood", "title": "1d12 red crystal/redwood", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1-4 Full of untapped potential (Value 1 or 2 to the right buyer); proceed to **[[13 - Discoveries#3 Form|form]]**, step 3)\n- 5-7 Has an **extraordinary property** (next page, step 2d)\n- 8-10 Houses a **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|spirit or sentience]]** step 2e)\n- 11-12 Produces a **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|magical effect]]** step 2g)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--2c-priceless", "title": "2c. Priceless", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation", "1d12 red crystal/redwood" ], "body": "What makes it so much more valuable than its form would dictate? Pick one or roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-priceless-because", "title": "1d12 priceless because...", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1 Causes those who see it to covet it (Value 4)\n- 2 Great historical/religious importance (Value 4 to the right buyer)\n- 3 Only a few (1d12?) were ever made, if you trust the tales (Value 4 to the right buyer)\n- 4 Haunting beauty (Value 4)\n- 5-6 Beyond meager mortal arts (Value 4)\n- 7-8 Made of or with precious metals/ gems/materials (Value 4)\n- 9 Transcendent, inspires those who see it (Value 4)\n- 10 Symbol of authority over a people (Value 5 to the right buyer)\n- 11 It has some other property that makes it Value 4 or 5\n- 12 It's a hoard of various treasures (Value 5, *immobile*); pick or roll 1d6 for **[[13 - Discoveries#3 Form|form]]**, step 3) as many times as you like\n\nStill here? Go pick or roll for its **[[13 - Discoveries#3 Form|form]]** step 3).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--appendix-b-artifact-creation-2", "title": "appendix b : artifact creation", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--2d-extraordinary-property", "title": "2d. Extraordinary property", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "Pick or roll one. Remember to keep the theme in mind!", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-property", "title": "1d12 property", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1 Moves and acts of its own accord\n- 2 Absorbs \\_\\_\\_, stores its power (fire, lightning, hatred, stillness, etc.)\n- 3 Seamlessly blends materials in an impossible way\n- 4 Emits \\_\\_\\_ (flame, light, sound, silence, a feeling, etc.)\n- 5 Is much, much \\_\\_\\_ than it should be (heavier, harder, faster, quieter, etc.)\n- 6 Cannot be \\_\\_\\_ (broken, burned, melted, detected, etc.)\n- 7 Fills those who look upon it with \\_\\_\\_ (greed, rage, peace, joy, etc.)\n- 8 Cuts right through/can harm \\_\\_\\_ (stone, ghosts, etc.)\n- 9 Can only/cannot be perceived by \\_\\_\\_ (Fae, spirits, the dead, murderers, etc.)\n- 10 Glows/thrums/vibrates in the presence of \\_\\_\\_ (gold, magic, lies, poison, etc.)\n- 11 Protects against/repels \\_\\_\\_ (emotional magic, fire/heat, ghosts, etc.)\n- 12 Roll twice, but treat one of the results as a drawback or flaw\n\nArtifacts with extraordinary properties might also have an additional special characteristic. Pick or roll:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-extra-characteristic", "title": "1d12 extra characteristic?", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1-6 Nope, go pick or roll for its **[[13 - Discoveries#3 Form|form]]** step 3)\n- 7-8 It houses a **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|spirit or sentience]]** step 2e)\n- 9-10 It's a **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|source of lore]]** step 2f )\n- 11-12 It produces a **magical effect**. [[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|Appendix B - Artifact Creation]] step 2g)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--appendix-b-artifact-creation-3", "title": "appendix b : artifact creation", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--2e-spirit-or-sentience", "title": "2e. Spirit or sentience", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "The artifact serves as a **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Tethers|tether]]** for a spirit, or otherwise acts as its home. Pick or roll for the nature of this binding.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-type-of-binding", "title": "1d12 type of binding", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1-2 Imprisoned and locked away (though imperfectly)\n- 3-5 Fettered, enslaved, forced to serve\n- 6-7 Serves willingly, bound by its own nature/desires\n- 8-9 Trapped by accident, desperation, twist of fate\n- 10-12 Dwells here naturally, spontaneously\n\nThen, pick a spirit or sentience appropriate to the binding, origin, and theme. If you're unsure, roll 1d12.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-spirit-sentience", "title": "1d12 spirit/sentience", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1 A *corrupted* spirit [[46 - The Things Below#**1d12** origin|The Things Below]], and roll again\n- 2 A **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Pyped**|ghost]]**\n- 3 A **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|shade]]** or similar imprint of someone's personality\n- 4 Something from beyond the Last Door, like a **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|dool spirit]]** or **[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|gwyllgi]]**\n- 5 A **[[12 - Fae#Fae|Fae]]**, oddly enough\n- 6 A **[[20 - Gods and Religion#**Little gods**|little god]]**\n- 7 A **[[38 - Rime Lords#**Tulpa**|tulpa]]**, or the intellect of a **[[18 - Forge Lords#**Metal constructs**|construct]]**\n- 8 A **[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#**Spirits of the wild**|spirit of the wild]]**\n- 9 An **emanation** of a Thing Below [[46 - The Things Below#**Wretch**|The Things Below]]\n- 10 A fledgling spirit, and roll 1d8+1 again\n- 11 An **[[36 - Primordial Powers#**Other primordial entities**|archon]]** or other **[[36 - Primordial Powers#Primordial powers|primordial entity]]**\n- 12 A multitude of... (roll again)\n\nNow, go pick or roll for it's **[[13 - Discoveries#3 Form|form]]** step 3).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--appendix-b-artifact-creation-4", "title": "appendix b : artifact creation", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--2f-source-of-lore", "title": "2f. Source of lore", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "Pick or roll for the knowledge imparted and how it's recorded.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-knowledge-imparted", "title": "1d12 knowledge imparted", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1 The truth/secrets behind a group or figure of legend\n- 2 The weakness/history/origins/lair of a major established threat\n- 3-4 The hazards/secrets/history/location of a mysterious or legendary place\n- 5-6 The workings/secrets/history/location of a magical item or arcanum\n- 7-9 An artifice or technique lost to antiquity\n- 10-12 The workings of a ritual/spell—pick or roll for its function and drawback [[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#appendix b : artifact creation|Appendix B - Artifact Creation]], then return here", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-how-it-s-recorded", "title": "1d12 how it's recorded", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1 Known to an entity bound to the artifact; go back to **spirit or sentience** (previous page, step 2e), and do what it says\n- 2-5 Inscribed on/in the artifact: ancient runes or writing in a long-dead language\n- 6-7 Adorning the artifact: carvings/ paintings/decorations/diagrams\n- 8-9 Scrawled on/in the artifact: a cypher, mad ramblings, strange annotations, etc.\n- 10 As a vision/dream, imparted on whoever touches/enters/approaches\n- 11-12 Inscribed on/in the artifact: clear to those who can read the language\n\nNow, go pick or roll for it's **[[13 - Discoveries#3 Form|form]]** step 3).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--appendix-b-artifact-creation-5", "title": "appendix b : artifact creation", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--2g-magical-effect", "title": "2g. Magical effect", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "Pick or roll for the magic's function (what it does) as well as its drawback. Combine them with its origin and theme to imagine what spell, power, blessing, or curse is involved.\n\n| 1d12 | function |\n|------|---------------------------|\n| 1 | Create/conjure/craft |\n| 2 | Defend/repel/secure |\n| 3 | Destroy/slay/consume |\n| 4 | Contain/bind/capture |\n| 5 | Enhance/refine/purify |\n| 6 | Reduce/diminish/suppress |\n| 7 | Sustain/heal/repair |\n| 8 | Sense/identify/reveal |\n| 9 | Hide/disguise/confuse |\n| 10 | Manipulate/control/compel |\n| 11 | Transform/combine/reshape |\n| 12 | Roll twice and combine |\n| | |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-drawback", "title": "1d12 drawback", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1 Scarring: leaves a lasting thematic mark on you/the target\n- 2 Dangerous: can have destructive, unwanted side effects\n- 3 Demanding: takes great effort to cast/trigger/maintain\n- 4 Discordant: draws unwanted attention\n- 5 Fickle: fails at inopportune times\n- 6 Weak: easily countered by will/ fortitude/preparation\n- 7 Indiscriminate: imprecise in its targets/duration/effect\n- 8 Withering: weakens you/the artifact/the target\n- 9 Restricted: works only in specific, thematic conditions\n- 10 Costly: requires sacrifice, consumes resources\n- 11 Slow: takes time to cast/manifest\n- 12 Roll twice", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation-4", "title": "appendix b : artifact creation", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "For artifacts that produce a magical effect (as opposed to spells or rituals), how often or frequently can it be used? Pick or roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-usage", "title": "1d12 usage", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1-3 1d6 uses, then it's consumed/ruined/powerless\n- 4-6 1d6 uses, then it must be recharged/ replenished\n- 7-8 A few charges, which might be lost with each use; recharges with time or effort\n- 9 At will, but each time is riskier/less powerful/more costly; resets with effort or slowly over time\n- 10 At will, but there's a cost/risk with each use\n- 11 At will, though limited by practicalities\n- 12 Continuous; it's always going\n\nNow, go to step **3**, below, to pick or roll for its **form**.\n\n**³** ³ **Form** If it's not already established or clear to you, pick or roll for the artifact's size.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-size", "title": "1d12 size", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1-2 A small item\n- 3-4 A item or object\n- 5-6 A item or object\n- 7-8 An *immobile* object or place\n- 9-10 Roll 1d8 again, but it's hard to extract, access, and/or take advantage of\n- 11-12 Roll 1d10 again, but it's also *crude*, *fragile*, *cumbersome*, and/or *dangerous*\n\nNow, what is it, exactly? Pick or roll. Interpret the results liberally, keeping in mind the origin, theme, and other details about the item. Let yourself be inspired!\n\nNote: an artifact might very well be made from or with an appropriate **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#**1d12** less common|strange material]]**, step 2b), even if you didn't get that result. Maybe your Forge Lord sword that absorbs heat and flame is made of aetherium, or has a red crystal for its pommel.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-what-is-it", "title": "1d12 what is it?", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1-8 Something more common (next page)\n- 9-12 Something less common (next page)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--appendix-b-artifact-creation-6", "title": "appendix b : artifact creation", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-more-common", "title": "1d12 more common", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1 Agriculture: seed, spade, flail, hoe, fork, scythe, plow, millstone, etc.\n- 2 Construction: nail, brick, tile, trowel, timber, masonry, wall, etc.\n- 3 Container: lock/key, pouch, box, urn, chest, cell, vault, etc.\n- 4 Domestic: utensil, spindle, vessel, broom, foodstuffs, crib, loom, etc.\n- 5 Fire: incense, oil, candle, lamp, lantern, sconce, brazier, hearth, etc.\n- 6 Liquid: oil, spirits, vial, wineskin, cup, jug, barrel, fount, bath, etc.\n- 7 Protection: talisman, helm, cloak, armor, shield, door, wall, etc.\n- 8 Remains: ashes, scale, fang, horn, organ, bone, hide, skeleton, etc.\n- 9 Textile: fibers, scarf, footwear, rope, clothes, furs, bedding, tapestry, etc.\n- 10 Tool: needle, file, chisel, saw, mallet, shovel, anvil, workspace, etc.\n- 11 Trade: coin, coins, satchel, scales, wheel, sled, cart, wagon, etc.\n- 12 Violence: knife, poison, sword, rod, staff, bow, spear, banner, etc.\n\nFor example, if you started with \"a item or object\" and then got a 4 on the table above, that could be a quern stone or a small cauldron. But \"an *immobile* object or place\" plus a roll of 8 above might a mammoth tusk, or a whole ossuary!", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--1d12-less-common", "title": "1d12 less common", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "- 1 Art: pigments, brushes, carving, figurine, chisel, painting, statuary, etc.\n- 2 Beauty: cosmetics, jewelry, comb, torc, circlet, mirror, robes, regalia, etc.\n- 3 Curiosity: wonder, device, enigma, doohickey, toy, etc.\n- 4 Husbandry: collar, brush, prod, bridle, saddle, harness, stable, etc.\n- 5 Raw material: powder, salt, chemics, grains, ingot, ore, slab, timber, etc.\n- 6 Music: notation, bell, chime, flute, rattle, horn, lyre, lute, drum, etc.\n- 7 Natural: flower, feather, shell, rock, wood, tree, spring, cave, etc.\n- 8 Prosthesis: eye, teeth, hand, foot, arm, leg, crutch, wheelchair, etc.\n- 9 Religion: symbol, offering, idol, altar, ceremonial \\_\\_\\_ (roll again)\n- 10 Specialized equipment: astrolabe, level, gear, decanter, still, kiln, etc.\n- 11 Writing: ink, runes, stylus, scroll, parchment, tablet, codex, archive, etc.\n- 12 Highly decorated and/or exquisitely made more common object (previous column)\n\nNote: an artifact might very well be made from or with an appropriate **[[56 - Appendix B - Artifact Creation#**1d12** less common|strange material]]**, step 2b), even if you didn't get that result. Maybe your Forge Lord sword that absorbs heat and flame is made of aetherium, or has a red crystal for its pommel.\n\nFor example, if you started with \"a small item\" and rolled a 10 on this table, you might see \"decanter\" and think of a little vial of perfume or maybe poison. And maybe it's the liquid that's special, not the container!", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "56-appendix-b-artifact-creation--appendix-b-artifact-creation-7", "title": "appendix b : artifact creation", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix b : artifact creation" ], "body": "**⁴** ³ **Synthesis** Consider the details you've established. Imagine the artifact that they suggest. Fill in any missing details and start making final decisions. What is this artifact, exactly? What was it originally for? How did it come to be, or be *here*?\n\nYou don't need a full history of the item. But try to picture something that makes sense, something that at least hints at a story.\n\nAs you make these decisions, it's okay to change or discard some of the details you established earlier, or to interpret them loosely or metaphorically. They're meant to spur your creativity, not to limit it.\n\n**⁵** ³ **Write-up** Once you've got a clear picture in your mind, write up the artifact as one of the following:\n\n- A **brief description** and some tags, like ~20 words or fewer\n- A **detailed description**, with a title, some tags, and a few sentences about what it is, what it looks like, what it does (if anything), what it involves\n- A brief or detailed description (as above), plus one or more **custom player moves**, each with a trigger, results, and maybe a roll\n- A **steading improvement**, something that, with time and effort, can provide lasting benefit to the village.\n- A **minor arcanum**, a little card you give the player with a description and requirements on the front, and the benefits of meeting them on the back.\n- A **major arcanum**: a half-page playbook insert, with unlockable moves/options and consequences for using them.\n\nKeep in mind who you're writing this up for. Anything you give to the players (tags, physical descriptions, custom moves, arcana) should be clear and concise. But an artifact's history, backstory, details on where it's found, the nuances of how it works… that's all for you, to inform how you introduce it and use it in play. Write out as much as you, personally, find helpful.\n\nIf the artifact's Value hasn't been established, consider whether it should have one and what it might be. See *[[03 - Playing the Game#Value|Book I]]*for rough guidelines.\n\nIf you expect the artifact will be a source of trouble, also write it up as a threat (a *MacGuffin*, probably, or maybe a *magical entity* or even an *affliction*).\n\nRefer to the artifacts throughout this book for examples. See *[[13 - Discoveries#**Creating artifacts**|Book I]]*for more guidance and some worked examples.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana", "title": "Minor Arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-2", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--an-old-scroll-case-fragile", "title": "An old scroll case , fragile", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "A leather scroll case, cracked and age-worn. Inside is a tattered letter and a pair of small, bluish ingots. It's a letter, in an older Hillfolk dialect, from an apprentice to their master. It describes a mental exercise to draw latent power from aetherium.\n\nYou can learn **Laoj Daveth's Galvanic Infusion** from the scroll, but…\n\n- …you must translate the letter.\n - …it'll take a few weeks of dedicated study.\n - …you'll use up one of the aetherium ingots (or another source of aetherium).\n- …you risk electrocuting yourself and/or using up the other ingot.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--laoj-daveth-s-galvanic-infusion", "title": "Laoj Daveth's Galvanic Infusion", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *touch a piece of aetherium and draw its power into yourself*, roll +CON: **on a 7+**, you absorb the power and gain 1d8 HP (even if this puts you above your max HP); **but on a 7-9**, the aetherium is drained and crumbles into a chalky mass of verdigris.\n\nThe spell lasts until you dismiss it or until you roll a 6- on any move. While it lasts, you need not sleep and remain highly alert and focused gain advantage on any rolls with WIS.\n\nIf you remain awake for more than a few days, your body grows ever more exhausted and you risk hallucination, paranoia, and addiction.\n\nWhen *the spell ends,* you lose 1d8 HP.\n\nfront back **1**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-folktale", "title": "A folktale", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "Laoj Daveth's Galvanic Infusion" ], "body": "There's this old tale, about an old herb tender from Marshedge that tricks a fen-troll into eating an enchanted seedpod. She promises to go get the troll more food if he promises to then let her go. Of course, the troll breaks his word and tries to eat her, but the seedpod bursts into a mass of gwir-nettles when he does.\n\nYou can learn the secret of the enchanted seedpods, but need one of the following:\n\n- A Marshedge herbalist, steeped in lore, to teach you the ritual\n- The spirit of a gwir-nettle, friendly or bound, to reveal the secrets of its birth", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--truth-seeds", "title": "Truth Seeds", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "Laoj Daveth's Galvanic Infusion" ], "body": "When you *soak a pair of gwir-nettle seedpods in your own blood, whisper secrets over them, and say the words of power*, they become truth seeds (*magical)*.\n\nWhen you and another *each eat a truth seed and make promises to each other*, the seeds stay in your guts and ensure that the promises are kept.\n\nWhen you *break your promise*, the truth seed in your gut sprouts violently into a full-grown gwir-nettle, dealing 1d10+3 damage with advantage (*messy*, ignores armor) and now you've got a gwir-nettle growing out of you.\n\nIf the *other party breaks their promise*, they suffer the same fate.\n\nfront back **2**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-3", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-small-strange-book-fragile", "title": "A small, strange book fragile", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "A small manual written on what appears to be sheets of supple leaves. It is written in the common script but in a strangely poetic sequence of nonsense syllables.\n\nThe manual reveals the recipe for an elderberry wine that brims with Fae magic, but to learn the recipe, you either...\n\n …need help from a Fae poet, or perhaps one of the Forest Folk;\n\nor...\n\n …risk getting the recipe wrong, poisoning or cursing whoever drinks the wine you brew.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--old-mother-s-wine-lost-memories", "title": "Old Mother's Wine Lost memories:", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *sacrifice a memory to a berry- laden elder tree*, tell us what you gave up. Mark 1 lost memory and roll 1d6; if you roll less than your lost memories, change your instinct and clear your marks.\n\nWhen you *harvest the berries and spend a season making wine from them*, gain a skin of Old Mother's Wine (5 uses, magical).\n\nWhen you *get tipsy on Old Mother's Wine*, expend a use. For a night and a day, your eyes are open to Fae magic, meaning:\n\n- You see the truth behind Fae illusions and glamours\n- You are immune to Fae enchantments\n- You can freely enter Fae domains and walk the Fae paths\n- Time passes normally for you while in Fae domains\n\nfront back **3**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-giant-s-dormitory-magical", "title": "A giant's dormitory magical", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "In a ruin of the Stone Lords is an old dwelling that bears the psychic imprint of its inhabitant, a stoneshaper of some considerable skill.\n\nWhen you *enter the dormitory*, you are overcome with a vision of this student inventing his first spell. You can learn this spell, but…\n\n- …you must have some talent for magic. …it will take weeks of repeated exposure\n - and study. …you risk lasting harm to your physique and health.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--aalz-galt-s-sudden-sinkhole", "title": "Aalz Galt's Sudden Sinkhole", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A giant's dormitory magical" ], "body": "When you *sing a rumbling note and focus your will upon a point of earth or stone*, mark a debility and roll +INT:\n\n**On a 10+**, the earth or stone that you focus on remains intact, but the earth or stone beneath it crumbles, dissolves, and flows away, creating an empty pocket about as wide as your arms can encircle and about as deep as you are tall. The surface seems stable, but is prone to crack or break under stress.\n\n**On a 7-9**, the song works as above, but it siphons even more energy from your body. Mark another debility and take 2d4 damage (ignores armor).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-4", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--carvings-in-a-cave", "title": "Carvings in a cave", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "At the bottom of a sinkhole is a limestone cave. A moldering skeleton slumps against one wall, showing signs of having been hanged. Yet carved into the cave walls are runes, caked over with mineral deposits.\n\nYou can study the runes and learn the secrets they contain, but...\n\n- …you must carefully restore the runes over a few weeks of work.\n- …you risk ruining them as you work.\n- …you must decipher the old writings, which are similar to Stone Lord runes.\n- …it will then take a few days of study.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--shell-game-of-souls-souls-max-con", "title": "Shell Game of Souls Souls (max CON):", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *touch a dying, intelligent being, speaking their name and words of binding*, roll +INT: **on a 10+**, you bind their soul to your flesh; **on a 7-9**, you bind their soul but weaken yours reduce your max HP by 1d4+1.\n\nYour flesh can bind a number of souls equal to your CON. They manifest in dreams and struggle for control when your mind or body are weak. Write their names here:\n\nWhen you *roll a 6- on Death's Door*, you can release a bound soul to go through the Last Door in your place. If you do, you survive as if you rolled a 7-9. Your body, though, still bears the marks of that which would have killed you.\n\nfront back **5**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-5", "title": "A half-buried plaque", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": ", *cumbersome*, *magical*\n\nA bronze plate poking out of the soil, somewhere in the Flats or near the Dread River. It's dented, a bit warped, with Maker-runes and esoteric diagrams etched into the surface. How the heck did it end up here?\n\nThe plate contains the workings of a spell, which you can learn but…\n\n- …you must first dig up & clean the plate.\n- …you must decipher the Maker-runes.\n- …it'll take a few weeks of study.\n- …you risk harm to your voice, your hearing, and/or your neighbors as you practice.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--thunderous-bellow", "title": "Thunderous Bellow", "level": 4, "path": [ "A half-buried plaque" ], "body": "When you *channel the storm primeval and utter a thunderous bellow*, take 1d6 damage (ignores armor) and roll +CON: **on a 10+**, everyone nearby (except you) must choose 2; **on a 7-9**, everyone nearby (except you) must choose 1.\n\n- Drop what they're carrying and cover their ears\n- Be deafened and disoriented for a few moments\n- Stagger a few steps away from you", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-6", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--runes-around-a-ruined-hall", "title": "Runes around a ruined hall", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nIn a ruined citadel of the Forge Lords, the grand hall lies empty. The throne is melted slag. The ceiling is shattered. The pillars are scorched and cracked. But intact around the outside of the room are a series of flowing runes. Close study reveals them to involve both fire and privacy.\n\nThe runes repeat themselves and can be copied, but...\n\n- …it takes a few hours of careful work.\n- …you risk a transcription error, but to what effect?", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-fiery-veil", "title": "The Fiery Veil", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "Runes around a ruined hall" ], "body": "When you *precisely inscribe the flowing runes of the fiery veil along the outside of an area*, the area is warded for as long as the runes remain intact.\n\nWhen anyone *tries to scry on the warded area from afar, or view it from the spirit realm*, they see only a curtain of fire. If they insist on peering through the curtain, they are burned for 1d10 damage (advantage, ignores armor) and appear to those inside as a ghostly image wreathed in flames.\n\nfront back **7**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-7", "title": "A grim peat mound", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Not far from Marshedge, a ways into Ferrier's Fen, lies a peat mound where no birds nest and flowers will not bloom. Since the town's founding, the people of Marshedge have buried certain criminals here, alive.\n\nOver the years, the land has birthed a spirit that hungers for the dying breaths of the condemned (*[[10 - Death and the Undying#**Death and the undying**|Book II]]*). It is young and eager, and can be set to work upon criminals, but only if you...\n\n- …find a way to communicate with it.\n- …convince it that you will use its mark only to condemn the guilty.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-tomb-bog-s-mark", "title": "The Tomb-bog's Mark", "level": 3, "path": [ "A grim peat mound" ], "body": "When you *use mud from the tomb-bog to mark someone with the sign of Aratis and pronounce them guilty of a crime*, you can place a geas upon them. Phrase it as one of the following:\n\n You must never again \\_\\_\\_\\_. Henceforth, you must always seek to \\_\\_\\_\\_ when you have the chance.\n\nShould they *fail to follow the geas*, their life is forfeit and the tomb-bog spirit will track them down and smother them.\n\nShould they *prove themselves innocent to the tomb-bog spirit*, your life is forfeit instead.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-8", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-richly-woven-rug-magical", "title": "A richly woven rug , magical", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "About 4 feet by 7 feet unfurled, woven with stylized patterns of fire and flame. Flickering Maker-runes can be seen in the weaving, always out of focus but hinting at power.\n\nYou can unlock the secrets of this rug, but you must first…\n\n- …be marked by fire, losing yourself to the panic or pain of burning.\n- …then, spend weeks in meditation upon the rug and studying the now-clear runes.\n- …allow yourself to be burned by a terrible flame, refusing to cry out and mastering your fear.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--fear-of-the-flame-heat", "title": "Fear of the Flame Heat:", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A richly woven rug , magical" ], "body": "When you *spend an hour or so on the rug, meditating on the fear of fire that all natural things possess*, you hold Terror and mark 1 Heat.\n\n**Terror**: When you *unleash the Terror you hold*, all who see you fear you as they would fear the flame primeval, until you dismiss the effect.\n\nWhen you *dismiss the effect*, roll 1d6. If the roll is less than your Heat, then clear all your Heat and you painfully manifest a permanent sign of your connection to the flames: a blistered scar, reddish skin, glowing eyes, a sulfurous smell, etc.\n\nWhen *a season passes without you unleashing Terror*, reduce your Heat by 1.\n\nfront back **9**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-tattered-mantle", "title": "A tattered mantle", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": ", *warm, magical*\n\nFound on a skeleton that has been stripped clean of flesh and that bears what can only be described as bite marks all along its bones. Close inspection of the mantle reveals sigils woven in silvery thread and human teeth sewn into the fringe like decorative beads.\n\nYou can unlock the power of this mantle by…\n\n- …wearing it for three days and three long, long nights, suffering through the nightmares.\n- …bringing to heel the slavering wraiths that are tethered to it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--mantle-wraiths", "title": "Mantle Wraiths", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A tattered mantle" ], "body": "When you *let slip the wraiths tethered to the mantle*, treat them as followers. They are loathe to return to the mantle; you must spend their Loyalty or Persuade them.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--mantle-wraiths-2", "title": "Mantle wraiths", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A tattered mantle" ], "body": "*Group* (3), *spirit, undead, terrifying, vicious* **HP** 13; **Armor** 1 (amorphous)\n\n**Damage** life drain d8 (*hand*, ignores armor) **Instinct** to run rampant\n\n**Special qualities** powerless in daylight\n\n- ä Whisper their longings to the wearer\n- ä Manifest a form of shadow and cold (harmed only by silver and salt)\n- ä Hurl themselves at the living\n- ä Suck the vitality from their prey\n\n**Cost** souls feasted upon (Loyalty )\n\nfront back **10**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-9", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--rune-etched-pillars", "title": "Rune-etched pillars", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nDeep under a giant, ruined fort is a vaulted chamber, once a storeroom but looted long, long ago. A giant skeleton lies just inside, face-down, its skull and ribs staved in.\n\nFour pillars support the roof, carved with a series of huge runes that thrum with power. You can unlock their secrets, but…\n\n- …you must spend a few days studying the runes and memorizing their sequence.\n- …you must meditate for a few weeks on the magic that infuses them.\n- …you risk triggering the spell contained in the runes, and collapsing the entire structure.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--shattering-words-of-aalz-childric", "title": "Shattering Words of Aalz Childric", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "Rune-etched pillars" ], "body": "When you *carve the shattering words of Aalz Childric into stone or rock*, designate a key word or phrase.\n\nWhen you or another *speaks the key word or phrase and wills the spell to trigger*, you roll +CON: **on a 10+**, the rune-carved stone shatters and is immediately reduced to rubble; **on a 7-9**, the stone cracks and buckles, slowly breaking apart into a number of pieces.\n\nfront back **11**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-huge-wooden-sphere", "title": "A huge wooden sphere", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*immobile*\n\nHalf-buried and largely overgrown, about 4 feet across and weighing hundreds of pounds. It is strangely well preserved and adorned with intricate pictograms. A handful of other spheres rot nearby.\n\nThe pictograms depict some sort of recipe, which you can learn but you must...\n\n- …first dig up and clean the sphere.\n- …spend weeks studying the glyphs. …acquire some fresh ffyrnig root.\n- …acquire the bile of a wild boar.\n\nAnd then…\n\n …you risk getting the recipe wrong, and lethally so.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--ffyrnig-tonic", "title": "Ffyrnig Tonic", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A huge wooden sphere" ], "body": "When you *pickle fresh ffyrnig root in a suspension of boar bile for two full moons*, it becomes a skin of ffyrnig tonic (3 uses, *magical*).\n\nWhen you *take a draught of ffyrnig tonic,* pick 1:\n\n- Regain HP equal to ½ half your max\n- Clear a debility\n\nAlso, you have advantage on your next roll to take bold, physical action. But until you take such an action, you have disadvantage on any rolls that require patience, care, or thoughtfulness.\n\nWhen you *drink a second draught of ffyrnig tonic before getting a good night's sleep*, it has no effect other than to make you ill (mark a debility).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-10", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-scroll-a-bone-flute", "title": "A scroll & a bone flute", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nA scroll, written in a cramped hand and seemingly nonsensical script, with a series of graph-like diagrams. It is accompanied by a flute of bone (from a human arm?). The notes reveal themselves to be a cipher; the graph is perhaps the notation for a song.\n\nYou can unlock the secrets of the scroll and flute, but…\n\n- …you must first decipher the notes, which will take a few weeks of effort.\n- …the first time you use the flute, you risk getting the music wrong and aggravating the dool spirit.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-11", "title": "Song of the Dool Trees", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "When you *stand among dool trees and play the proper tune on a flute of a murderer's bone*, you summon a dool spirit and bind it to your service. Treat it as a follower. Only one dool spirit will serve you at a time.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--dool-spirit", "title": "Dool spirit", "level": 3, "path": [ "Song of the Dool Trees" ], "body": "*Spirit, terrifying, stealthy, devious*\n\n**HP** 13; **Armor** 1 (amorphous)\n\n**Damage** feast on fear d6 (*hand*, *close*, ignores armor, disadvantage)\n\n**Instinct** to take things too far\n\n**Special qualities** powerless in bright light\n\n- ä Sense a victim's doubt and worries\n- ä Shape sound and shadow to unnerve and frighten\n- ä Manifest as its victim's fears (harmed only by one who masters their fear)\n\n**Cost** new, exquisite fears (Loyalty )\n\n**HP** Starts at 13\n\nfront back **13**\n\nHigh in the hills, a stream of snowmelt fills a deep pool in the rocks before flowing on. At the bottom of the pool is a large deposit of lodestone. Rusted old blades (many sized for giants) can be seen clinging to the lodestone.\n\n**A clear, natural pool**\n\nThere is magic here; to unlock its secrets, either...\n\n …spend a week or so experimenting at the pool, then roll +INT: **on a 10+**, you figure it out; **on a 7-9**, no luck; **on a 6-**, you are interrupted by danger;\n\nor...\n\n …get a firsthand account of the pool's powers in use.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-12", "title": "Ward of Still Waters Strain:", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "When you *cut yourself with iron or steel and toss the blooded metal into the pool*, you form a bond with the waters. So long as you carry a vial of the pool's water on your person, you are protected by the ward of still waters.\n\nWhen you are so protected and *subject to magic that attempts to sense or affect your thoughts, actions, or emotions*, the magic targets the still waters of the pool instead—possibly befuddling the magic's source.\n\nEach time the ward of still waters protects you, mark 1 Strain and then roll 1d6. If your roll is less than your current Strain, the water you carry loses its potency. When you *return to the pool and renew your bond*, clear all Strain.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-13", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--an-oversized-codex-immobile-fragile", "title": "An oversized codex immobile, fragile", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "A book, about 2 feet by 3 feet, just over 6 inches tall when closed. The cover is made of silvery cedarwood planks. The sheets are made of fine vellum, stretched from the hides of some enormous beast.\n\nThe pages are full of calligraphy, large and precise, with many diagrams showing meditative poses and strange geometric patterns related to heat, water, and ice.\n\nTo unlock the codex's mysteries, you must…\n\n- …decipher the script, written in a form of the Rime Lords' alphabet.\n- …spend months studying the text and practicing the techniques therein.\n- …risk permanently damaging your health as you master them.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--ice-weaving", "title": "Ice Weaving", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "An oversized codex immobile, fragile" ], "body": "When you *will dark ice to form*, lose 1 HP, +1 HP for each of the following you desire:\n\n- It's enough to make a small wall or encase a person (else, it's at most)\n- It's hard as stone\n- It's solid to spirits, able to block/harm/ hinder them\n\nThen, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, pick 2; **on a 7-9**, pick 1, or pick 2 and lose 2 more HP.\n\n- It forms quickly, even violently (else, it takes minutes, even hours)\n- It forms at up to *near* range (else, it forms at only *hand* range)\n- Its shape is as intricate as you can imagine (else, it's just a crude block)\n\nThe ice persists until it's broken, melted by intense heat, or you let it melt. You cannot regain the spent HP while it persists.\n\nfront back **15**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-chain-of-rusty-locks", "title": "A chain of rusty locks", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nA chain, six links long, each link hung with a corroded bronze padlock. 1d4+1 locks bear a stylized face, frozen in a rusty grimace. The keys to these locks are lost to the ages.\n\nWhen you *hold one of the face-adorned locks and look into its eyes*, you can hear the voice of the departed soul bound within: hateful, desperate, pleading to be set free.\n\nYou can master these locks by…\n\n- …convincing one of the shades to reveal how it was captured.\n- …convincing a shade to reveal what happens when a lock is opened.\n- …finding a way to open the locks.\n\n**The Six Locks of Sajua** Disturbance:\n\nWhen you *smear the blood of the dying onto an open Lock of Sajua and then close the lock*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, their soul is bound in the lock; **on a 7-9**, their soul is bound, but all mundane metal in your presence rusts or tarnishes, corrodes and weakens.\n\nWhen you *extract a promise from a bound soul and then open the lock that binds it*, the soul is compelled to fulfill the letter of its promise before it goes its own way. Tell the GM to treat it as a ghost (though not necessarily as a follower); the open lock serves as its tether, at least for now.\n\nEach time you release a soul, mark 1 Disturbance and roll 1d6. If you roll less than your Disturbance, you hear the call of the Pale Hunter in the distance. Expect a visit soon.\n\nfront back **16**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-14", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-gold-ring-magical", "title": "A gold ring magical", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "This simple, golden band catches the light and shines, even in darkness. Its very presence fills goodly people with peace and hope, and servants of darkness with jealous hate.\n\nYou can unlock the secrets of this ring, but must first…\n\n- …wear the ring continuously for 40 days, witnessing the sunrise each day.\n- …perform an act of charity while wearing the ring, one that changes the recipient's life.\n- …participate in the devout and proper worship of Helior.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--helior-s-shining-ring-daylight", "title": "Helior's Shining Ring Daylight:", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A gold ring magical" ], "body": "When you *spend the better part of a day wearing the ring and worshipping Helior in full sunlight*, hold 1 Daylight.\n\nWhen you *wear the ring in shadows or darkness and spend 1 Daylight*, the ring shines forth with holy light (*near*, *area*) that is painful for creatures of darkness to look at. It glows for a few hours, until you extinguish it, or until another effect (like the Lightbearer's Invocations) uses up its fuel or snuffs it out.\n\nAlas, the ring also shines like a psychic beacon while it shines, alerting servants of darkness for miles around to your presence and location.\n\nfront back **17**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-path-in-the-woods", "title": "A path in the woods", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "Deep in the Great Wood sits a stone, carved with the crude pictograms of the Forest Folk, showing a trail fraught with trials and leading to great power.\n\nIf you *set forth upon the trail at midsummer,* you can unlock its mysteries, but you must...\n\n- …follow the twisting paths in silence, until you spy the White Hart.\n- …chase the Hart for miles and miles, until it leads you to the Tree of Nerth.\n - …wrestle the strange serpent that lives in the tree (*[[41 - Spirits of the Wild#Troelloff|Book II]]*), crushing the life from it and eating its still-warm heart.\n\nShould multiple people follow the path on a given midsummer, only one of them can reach the Tree of Nerth.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--nerth-serpent-s-vigor-vitality", "title": "Nerth Serpent's Vigor Vitality:", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A path in the woods" ], "body": "When you *crush the life from the Nerth Serpent and devour its still-warm heart*, hold 3 Vitality. While you hold Vitality, you age very slowly.\n\nSpend Vitality 1-for-1 to:\n\n- Shrug off a poison, sickness, or curse\n- Survive a lethal wound or injury\n- Recover fully from a permanent injury or impairment (with a few days' rest)\n- Perform a feat of extraordinary strength, prowess, or endurance\n\nEach time you spend Vitality, you manifest a permanent mark of the wild (antlers, hide-like skin, animal eyes, etc.) or such a mark becomes more pronounced. Tell us what it is.\n\nfront back **18**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-15", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-giant-oak-leaf-magical", "title": "A giant oak leaf , magical", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "About 6 feet long, waxy and rigid, shimmering with golden iridescence. Is this truly a leaf from the Golden Oak?\n\nYou can turn the leaf into a wondrous cloak, but to do so you must...\n\n- …learn the secrets of its making (from a Fae, a spirit of the wild, or perhaps a favored servant of Danu).\n- …tan the leaf with a mix of lime-water, crow guano, the brain of a cave bear, and your own blood.\n- …have it fitted to your exact measurements by a tailor of *exceptional* skill.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--goldleaf-cloak", "title": "Goldleaf Cloak", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A giant oak leaf , magical" ], "body": ", *warm*, *magical*\n\nWhen you *wear a goldleaf cloak that you have tanned yourself and that has been fitted to your exact measurements*, then all of these are true:\n\n- You are immune to effects that drain, steal, or snuff out your vitality, energy, or life force.\n- You are immune to effects that calm or dampen your emotions.\n- You are surrounded by a constant golden glow (*hand*, *area*), making it nearly impossible to hide.\n\nWhen you *die and are buried in the earth, wrapped in your goldleaf cloak*, you return to life as if you were buried at the roots of the Golden Oak. Your cloak, however, rots away to mulch and tatters.\n\nfront back **19**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-16", "title": "A time-worn missive", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*fragile*\n\nA letter on faded, pocked papyrus, written in an archaic form of Southern. It invites \"Boas\" to visit by way of \"your nearest portal,\" with instructions and a circle of arcane sigils. \"Ask for Calcus when you arrive.\"\n\nTo unlock the mysteries of these portals, you must…\n\n- …translate the archaic dialect.\n - …find a portal (other than the one depicted in the missive).\n - …determine how to \"invoke the axiom of local contagion.\"\n- …acquire a pouch of powdered cinnabar (1d4+8 uses, Value 2).\n- …attempt casting the spell the first time, and risk miscasting it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-17", "title": "Opening the Way", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "pouch of powdered cinnabar ( uses, Value 2)\n\nWhen you *use ink of powdered cinnabar to carefully trace the sigils of one portal inside the permanent sigils of another, and then invoke the axiom of local contagion*, a passage opens between the portals and remains until you leave their presence or dismiss the axiom. The sigils you drew then vanish. Passage through the portals is usually safe and instantaneous.\n\nWhen you *stand before one portal and hold the sigils of another portal perfectly in your mind*, mark a debility to manifest those sigils as lines of glowing light. When you *then invoke the axiom of local contagion*, roll +INT: **on a 10+**, the portals open, but close as soon as your focus falters; **on a 7-9**, as a 10+ but only if you mark another debility; **on a 6-**, mark a debility and pass out from the strain.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-18", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-strange-pendant", "title": "A strange pendant", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nA strange charm on a simple leather cord, like a scale of some shimmering material. It's cold and clammy to the touch. When you first put it on, everyone nearby shivers from cold. Soon thereafter, you start to hear the raspy, inhaling whispers.\n\nTo unlock the secrets of the pendant…\n\n- …wear it ceaselessly for a lunar cycle, answering its questions honestly.\n- …hold yourself underwater until you risk drowning.\n- …drown another person, and offer their last gasps to the pendant.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-drowning-scale-breath", "title": "The Drowning Scale Breath:", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A strange pendant" ], "body": "When you *lean over a dying person, suck out their final breath, and breathe it into the pendant*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, hold +1 Breath; **on a 7-9**, pick 1:\n\n- Hold 1 Breath, but it tears at your lungs; mark *miserable* and suffer a nasty coughing fit.\n- The pendant greedily sucks in the last breath, grows colder, and sighs; you, alas, gain no benefit.\n\nSo long as you hold Breath, you are unfazed and unharmed by extreme cold. Spend 1 Breath to go without air for as long as an hour.\n\nWhen you *remove the pendant*, lose any Breath you hold.\n\nfront back **21**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-timeless-vault", "title": "A timeless vault", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A strange pendant", "The Drowning Scale Breath:" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nHigh in the hills or mountains, a pair of massive stone doors are set into the hillside. The markings outside are faded and covered in lichen. The doors aren't locked; one lies a bit ajar. Inside, the vault and its contents are untouched by time, free of dust or mold. Clearly some magic is afoot.\n\nTo unlock the secrets of this place's stasis…\n\n- …find and reveal the hidden runes that anchor the magic.\n- …spend a few hours copying them, risking an error.\n- …spend weeks tracing the runes on objects, until they gleam silver and vanish.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--preserving-runes", "title": "Preserving Runes", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A strange pendant" ], "body": "When you *trace the runes along the inside of a room or container*, they gleam silver and fade, preserving the contents from dust, spoilage, rust, etc. Lose 1 HP, plus 1 HP for each of the following that are true:\n\n- The container/room is more than a few feet long in any dimension\n- The container is portable (else, the effect ends if it is moved)\n- The effect lasts indefinitely, as long as the runes are intact (else, it starts when the room/container is sealed and ends when it is unsealed)\n\nOnce the runes are in place, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you regain the lost HP normally; **on a 7-9**, you can't regain the lost HP until a season passes *or* the effect ends, whichever comes first; **on a 6-**, you can't regain the lost HP until the effect ends and then a season passes (and don't mark XP).\n\nfront back **22**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-19", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-sealed-cave", "title": "A sealed cave", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nHigh in the hills or mountains, one can find a bricked-over cave mouth. Inside lie dozens of corpses, preserved for centuries by the cold. Many have malformations in the jaw, oversized teeth, elongated fingers that taper to claws. Few show signs of violence; they appear to have just laid down and died.\n\nIndeed, the looping glyphs carved all over the cave walls sap your will to struggle, to fight, to do much of… anything. You can learn their mysteries, but…\n\n- …it'll take days of careful transcription, haunted by morose shades.\n- …you risk succumbing to the ennui of the place.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--peacebond", "title": "Peacebond", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *mark a place with the peace-bond glyphs*, violence (even to defend oneself ) is suppressed in the area as long as the glyphs remain. The longer one stays in a peacebonded area, and the more tightly woven the glyphs are, the greater the effect.\n\nWhen you *attempt to commit violence within a peacebonded area, or to harm the peacebond glyphs themselves*, you hesitate.\n\nIf you *will yourself to continue*, lose 1d4 HP and roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, go for it; **on a 7-9**, you act but have disadvantage on any rolls to commit violence (including damage); **on a 6-**, you fail to act and mark *dazed*.\n\nfront back **23**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-key", "title": "A… key?", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*magical*, *terrifying*\n\nSecreted away in some Makers' trove is a gleaming white thing, like a key, I guess, but not a specific key, more like the *idea* of keyness. Hurts to look right at it; makes you aware of your own dying flesh.\n\nYou don't unlock this key's mysteries, so much as it unlocks you. But only if you…\n\n- …master your fear and force yourself to touch it.\n- …hold tight as it wracks your mind and soul, refusing to let go.\n- …spend a few weeks dealing with terrible migraines and flashes of color, learning to calm and control your mind's new eye.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-eye-opened", "title": "The Eye, Opened", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A… key?" ], "body": "When you *spend a few minutes quietly meditating and opening your mind's eye*, it appears on your forehead as a shining point of light. Base matter and energy are dim and colorless to you, but you see minds and auras in luminous detail.\n\nWhile your *mind's eye is open*, you can ask the GM \"What thinking entities are present here?\" and get an honest answer.\n\nWhen you *Seek Insight while your mind's eye is open*, the questions you can ask become these instead:\n\n- Are they lying or trying to mislead?\n- What are they really feeling right now?\n- What do they intend to do?\n- What here are they most afraid of?\n- Is something controlling their mind, emotions, or actions, and if so, what?\n\nfront back **24**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-20", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-crumbling-arch", "title": "A crumbling arch", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nOn a rare dry spot in Ferrier's Fen, besieged by foulness, is an ancient arch that still—improbably—stands. Lichen and moss grow thick and healthy, but the keystone remains clear, engraved with a sigil that makes the eyes water and that drives evil away.\n\nYou can learn the secrets of the sanctifying mark, but to do so you must…\n\n- …purify yourself in fresh, clean water. …calm your mind, gaze upon the sigil, and roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, the sigil becomes clear; **on a 7-9**, the sigil will become clear after a few more days in contemplation; **on a 6-**, the sigil is beyond your ability to learn.\n- …spend a few days memorizing and practicing the sigil.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--sanctifying-mark", "title": "Sanctifying Mark", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A crumbling arch" ], "body": "When you *mark an object with the sigil of sanctification*, it repels beings of darkness, chaos, and death. Each time you place the mark, part of you (eyes, hair, skin, tongue, etc.) becomes paler, eventually turning a shocking white.\n\nWhen a *being of darkness, chaos, or death first tests the power of your mark*, roll +INT: **on a 10+**, all such creatures are kept at bay so long as your mark remains inviolate; **on a 7-9**, such creatures feel the urge to flee and are held back for now, but powerful entities can force themselves to ignore it.\n\nfront back **25**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-strange-skull-and-antlers", "title": "A strange skull and antlers", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A crumbling arch", "Sanctifying Mark" ], "body": "*immobile, magical*\n\nA skull, the size of a horse's head but clearly not a horse—nor a drake, nor a wolf, nor a bear. For none of those beasts would bear such mighty antlers as those affixed to this skull. Looking closely, one sees the whorls and twists of ancient glyphs carved into the bone. Those in its presence often feel a draft, as if someone left a door ajar.\n\nTo unlock the secrets of this relic, you…\n\n …must learn the name of the shade whose skull this was;\n\nor…\n\n …use the Blessed's Call the Spirits move to call up the shade.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-green-lord-s-shade", "title": "The Green Lord's Shade", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A crumbling arch", "Sanctifying Mark" ], "body": "When you *make an offering of good liquor, fresh fruit, or fresh-cooked meat and call up the shade of the skull*, it manifests before you in shadows.\n\nThe shade knows much about ancient times, the Green Lords, and their workings. It has no power, but can answer questions. Before it does, it will demand the right to \"ride\" you and experience the pleasures of living. (**Instinct** to fulfill its increasingly specific longings.)\n\nWhile it rides you, the shade communicates only through impulse and desire. When it *compels you to act against your wishes*, mark XP if you comply. If you resist, you are Defying Danger.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-21", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-22", "title": "A stretched vellum , fragile", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "Stretched taut on a wooden frame, this old vellum is filled with the intricate and looping glyphs of the Green Lords. Drawings show creatures changing to have traits of other beasts. It seems to be the foundation for some sort of spell.\n\nTo unlock its mysteries and learn the spell, you must…\n\n- …decipher the Green Lords' glyphs. …spend a few weeks studying and pondering them.\n- …experiment on a beast of at least *small* size, like a goat, pig, or hound. You risk killing, crippling, or horribly mutating the beast, and possibly driving it mad.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--chimeric-transmogrification", "title": "Chimeric Transmogrification", "level": 3, "path": [ "A stretched vellum , fragile" ], "body": "When you *hold forth a bit of one beast (fur, bone, etc.) and speak the words of chimeric transmogrification upon another*, roll +INT: **on a 10+**, the spell works; **on a 7-9**, the spell works but only if you mark a debility.\n\nWhen *the spell works*, roll 1d10+CON. If your roll **equals or exceeds the target's current HP**, name a feature of the beast you hold—the target's form twists and buckles, gaining that feature until they sleep for a few hours. The experience is disorienting and alarming; most beasts and people will panic. If you roll **less than the target's current HP**, their form twists and buckles alarmingly for a few seconds, but they fight off the transformation. **Either way**, the bit of the beast you hold is lost, shriveling away to nothing.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-patch-of-rainbow-moss", "title": "A patch of rainbow moss", "level": 3, "path": [ "A stretched vellum , fragile" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nIn the Great Wood, one can find a copse of many different types of tree, the light dim beneath their canopy and the ground knobbly with interwoven roots. At the center: a patch of thick, multi-hued moss.\n\nTo unlock the mysteries of this place, you must…\n\n- …lie down in the moss and let its tendrils fuse with your skin.\n- …let your consciousness drift into the forest itself, at the risk of losing yourself or drawing the ire of hostile spirits.\n- …spend weeks visiting the moss, setting your mind adrift, learning to perceive the world through the forest's senses.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-sylvan-web", "title": "The Sylvan Web", "level": 2, "path": [ "A stretched vellum , fragile" ], "body": "When you *lie down in the rainbow moss and cast your mind into the Great Wood*, say what you are looking for and roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, pick 3; **on a 7-9**, pick 1.\n\n- You learn the location of your quarry\n- You get a sense of your quarry's recent activities, or the activity surrounding it\n- You discover something unexpected about the forest, or that which can be found within it (ask the GM what you learn)\n- You spend only an hour or so adrift (else, you spend all day)\n\nWhatever you learn, it is limited by and filtered through the senses the forest.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-23", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-cloak-richly-embroidered", "title": "A cloak, richly embroidered", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": ", *magical*, *warm*\n\nAn exquisitly fine wool, dyed a pale blue-gray and embroidered with stylized clouds. The edge boasts blue-white runes stitched with aetherium wire. It feels damp, smells of rain and ozone, and flutters in a breeze that isn't there.\n\nWhen you *don the cloak*, you become aware of the presence bound within, thrumming and impatient. To unlock the mysteries of the cloak, you must...\n\n- …learn the name of the bound spirit.\n - …decipher the word of command, embroidered in ancient Maker-script.\n- …bend the spirit to your will, risking its (destructive) escape.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--flying-cloak", "title": "Flying Cloak", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *wear the cloak and speak the word of command*, the storm-spirit in the cloak springs to life and obeys you as a follower. It never wants to land; you must spend its Loyalty or Persuade it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-24", "title": "The Spirit in the Cloak", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*Spirit, magical, proud, mute*\n\n**HP** 13; **Armor** 1 (amorphous)\n\n**Damage** lashing wind, rain, debris d6 (*near, area*)\n\n**Instinct** to \"not hear\" your commands\n\n- ä Bear its master aloft on a cushion of swirling winds\n- ä Manifest a storm as it flies\n- ä Wreak havoc on its surroundings\n- ä Fling lightning from a raging storm, d10+3 (*far*, *forceful*, *reload*)\n\n**Cost** flying about for hours (Loyalty )\n\nfront back **29**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-beaded-satchel", "title": "A beaded satchel", "level": 4, "path": [ "The Spirit in the Cloak" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nMade of thick, stiff leather and decorated with impossibly fine beadwork. The pattern shows a fruit-laden tree sheltering various game and produce and grains. The specifics often change when you aren't looking.\n\nThe satchel is home to a number of spirits of autumn and plenty. To unlock the satchel's secrets and gain the spirits' aid, you must…\n\n- …imbibe a prodigious, dangerous quantity of alcohol.\n- …while thoroughly drunk, commune with the tethered spirits (**Instinct** to be genuinely, awkwardly caring and giving) and win their friendship.\n- …feed the satchel 1 Surplus of freshly harvested foodstuffs (which shouldn't possibly fit, but does).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--satchel-of-plenty", "title": "Satchel of Plenty", "level": 2, "path": [ "The Spirit in the Cloak" ], "body": "When you *feed the satchel 1 Surplus of freshly harvested foodstuffs*, it fits even though it should not. Until next autumn's harvest, the satchel will provide 1 use of provisions each day. They are fresh and nourishing, but different each time (and not at all what you fed the satchel).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-25", "title": "1d6 today's food is...", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- 1 Actively unpleasant, needs cooking\n- 2 Bland but tolerable, needs cooking\n- 3 Delicious, needs cooking\n- 4 Actively unpleasant, ready to eat\n- 5 Bland but tolerable, ready to eat\n- 6 Delicious, ready to eat\n\nWhen you *draw more than 1 use of provisions from the satchel in a given day*, it provides up to 10 uses but will produce no more until you feed it again next autumn.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-26", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-cracked-flute", "title": "A cracked flute", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": ", *crude*, *magical*\n\nA long, thick flute carved of redwood, with a thin but visible crack along the underside. It easily catches the wind and makes a piping sound. Anyone who plays a few notes on the flute can tell there's some magic here.\n\nWhen you *spend a few days practicing, playing the flute where the wind can hear you*, roll +CHA: **on a 10+**, mark 1 circle; **on a 7-9**, mark 1 circle, but you summon an irate zephyr spirit; **on a 6-**, you make no progress but do manage to summon an irate zephyr.\n\nWhen you *mark all three circles*, you unlock the mysteries of the flute.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--dancing-wind-spirit", "title": "Dancing Wind Spirit", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *play a tune to make the wind itself dance*, the andalau (zephyr spirit) tied to the flute manifests. Treat it as a follower; it holds 1 Loyalty to start. When you *dismiss the spirit while it holds no Loyalty*, the flute splits and falls apart; the andalau is set free.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-andalau-of-the-flute", "title": "The Andalau of the Flute", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*Spirit, tiny, stealthy, mischievous*\n\n**HP** 8; **Armor** 0\n\n**Damage** none\n\n**Instinct** to play and frolic\n\n- ä Manifest as a fluttering gust of wind (harmed only by salt)\n- ä Deliver a whispery message\n- ä Flit things about (dust, leaves, etc.)\n- ä Annoy or spook someone\n\n**Cost** entertainment (Loyalty )\n\nfront back **31**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-wolf-pelt", "title": "A wolf pelt", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*magical*, *warm*\n\nIt must have been a majestic beast, finely preserved with pale stones for eyes and a clip to wear it like a hooded cape. But no matter how you scrub, the red stains never come off its teeth.\n\nThe pelt is home to a powerful spirit, not just of a wolf but of The Hunt itself. To unlock its secrets, you must…\n\n- …hunt a beast by moonlight, alone, while wearing the pelt.\n- …tear out its liver with your bare hands or teeth and eat it, raw.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--call-of-the-hunt", "title": "Call of the Hunt", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A wolf pelt" ], "body": "When you *howl at the rising moon, face smeared in blood and wearing only the pelt*, you take on the aspect of a wolf and call a pack to your side. Name your quarry and roll...\n\n- ... +1 if you have their scent;\n- ... +1 if they are alone, but -1 if not; and\n- ... -1 if they would not fear a pack of wolves.\n\n**On 7+**, you corner your prey and deal 2d6+4 damage (*messy*) before the pack disperses and you cast off your wolf-self; **on a 10+**, also pick 1; **on a 7-9**, also pick 2.\n\n- Your pack savages one or more innocents\n- You suffer 2d6+4 *messy* damage yourself\n- Your instinct becomes \"to act like a bloodthirsty wolf \" until you Level Up.\n\n**On a 6-**, your prey eludes you and you must still pick 2 from the list above.\n\nfront back **32**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-27", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-sunken-tablet", "title": "A sunken tablet", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*immobile*\n\nA big old chunk of stone, maybe 5 feet across, covered in mud and algae. There are Makerrunes on it, barely visible. Runes for the earth, and spirits, and rejuvenation.\n\nThe tablet reveals the workings for a ritual, which you can learn if you…\n\n| …extract the tablet from the muck. | | |\n|------------------------------------|--|--|\n| | | |\n\n- …carefully clean it.\n- …decipher the Maker-runes. …study the runes for a few weeks.\n- …practice casting the spell, at the risk of harming the nearby soil or waking something dangerous from the earth.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--convocation-of-the-soil", "title": "Convocation of the Soil", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *spill your blood on the soil and speak the words of convocation*, the spirits of the soil will stir and wake, filling the soil with life and energy and nutrients.\n\nWhen you *cast this spell on the fields in early spring, spilling a scary amount of your blood*, mark all three debilities and lose all but 1 HP. If the steading spends 1 Surplus to plant in the fallow fields, this autumn's harvest will generate 1d4+1 extra Surplus.\n\nHowever, you must roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, there is no consequence; **on a 7-9**, before midsummer, you must water the soil with the lifeblood of a large, healthy beast (like a horse, mule, wisent, or aurochs) or else the extra crops will fail and the extra Surplus will be lost; **on a 6-**, the spell works but you stir some dangerous spirit or growth from the soil, or set free some evil imprisoned in the earth.\n\nfront back **33**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-rusty-cauldron", "title": "A rusty cauldron", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*immobile, magical*\n\nBig enough for a grown man to crawl inside, pitted and scratched, engraved with whorly rune-like patterns. The whole thing is caked with rust. At least, you hope that's rust.\n\nThe thing has a sinister feel, and you can sense its power. To unlock the cauldron's mysteries, you must…\n\n- …thoroughly scrub the rust from the cauldron.\n- …spend seven nights sleeping in the cauldron, dreaming foul dreams, marking a debility each time.\n- …boil the bones of a beast that you honestly loved or valued, mixing in some of your fresh blood.\n- …bring the wretched thing that arises under your control.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--unliving-chimera", "title": "Unliving Chimera", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *boil the bones of beasts in the cauldron and stir in your own fresh blood,* mark up to 3 debilities. An unliving chimera rises from the cauldron. Treat it as a follower, with a tag for each beast whose bones you used (*bear-like*, *owl-like*, etc.).\n\nFor each debility you marked, pick 1:\n\n- It is stable (else, it falls apart in a day)\n- It is not *clumsy*\n- Replace its instinct with \"to shun light\"", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--unliving-chimera-2", "title": "Unliving chimera", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*Undead, construct, terrifying, clumsy*\n\n**HP** 3; **Armor** 4 (0 vs. bronze)\n\n**Damage** varies d6 (*hand*, maybe others)\n\n**Instinct** to get confused and lash out ä Do something one of its component\n\n- beasts could do\n- ä Moan, wretchedly and disturbingly **Cost** lots of fresh blood (Loyalty )", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-28", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-large-wooden-jar-cumbersome-fragile-magical", "title": "A large wooden jar , cumbersome, fragile, magical", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "30 inches tall and carved of yew, with a lid shaped like a horned lion and sealed with wax. Its surface is cracked and speared with shards of red crystal. When you touch it, you can feel great annoyance and just a hint of fear.\n\nTo unlock the jar's mysteries, you must…\n\n- …wash its surface with your own fresh blood (lose 1d10 HP and mark a debility).\n - …commune with the spirit of the haughty Green Lord to whom this jar is bound.\n- …learn to use the red crystals to torment the Green Lord's spirit.\n- …convince the bound Green Lord spirit to change your form.\n\nIf *the jar is opened*, all its magic is lost.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--impudent-polymorph-ire", "title": "Impudent Polymorph Ire", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *interrupt the idyllic afterlife of the Green Lord bound to the jar and demand that it change your form,* describe the change and pick as many as you dare:\n\n- The change lasts as long as you like (else, it lasts till you get a 6- on a move)\n- The change is quick and easy (else, it takes minutes or even hours)\n- You adapt to the new form quickly (else, mark a debility)\n- Pick 2 of your stats; swap their values until the change ends\n\nThen roll +CHA: **on a 10+**, the spirit works the change, just as you asked; **on a 7-9**, it works the change, but you gain Ire equal to the number of choices you've made; **on a 6-**, the spirit rebels and wracks your body, dealing 1d10 damage per Ire you hold. If you survive, clear all Ire.\n\nfront back **35**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-makerglass-chime", "title": "A makerglass chime", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "Impudent Polymorph Ire" ], "body": "**,** *indestructible***,** *magical***,** *loud***,** *dangerous*\n\nA cylinder about 4 feet long and 3 inches wide, the glass surprisingly thin. It rings with a rich, sonorous chime when struck softly. When struck firmly, the sound is almost deafening and causes a rippling pattern to appear on the surface of nearby stone, crystal, or mundane glass.\n\nThe chime is a powerful tool, if you can unlock its secrets. To do so…\n\n- …grasp it firmly and deliver a solid, mighty blow, rolling +CON: **on a 10+**, you've got it; **on a 7-9**, mark a debility and you'll need to try again; **on a 6-**, ask the GM\n- what goes terribly wrong. …spend a week or so learning to control the ringing chime.\n- …you risk permanent harm to your hearing and major damage to anything nearby while you practice.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--make-pliant-the-stone", "title": "Make Pliant the Stone", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "Impudent Polymorph Ire" ], "body": "When you *strike the chime forcefully and will yourself to maintain your grip upon it*, mark a debility and roll +CON.\n\n**On a 10+**, you maintain control and the chime will ring for about a minute. While it rings, any stone, crystal, or glass you touch with the chime becomes soft and malleable, easily shaped and molded. The longer the contact, the more material becomes pliant. It regains its hardness when the ringing stops, but keeps its current shape.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--on-a-7-9-pick-1", "title": "On a 7-9, pick 1:", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "Impudent Polymorph Ire" ], "body": "- Maintain control as per a 10+, but you must pour yourself into the effort—mark another debility\n- Realize that you can't control it and dampen the chime before it causes any harm (say how)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-29", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-fine-ceramic-urn", "title": "A fine ceramic urn", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "**,** *beautiful***,** *fragile***,** *magical*\n\nA jar of fine pottery, the size of a small cookpot. Its glaze is a wondrous blend of patterns and sheens. The lid fits snugly, though it's clumsy to manipulate and tricky to open once closed. You get the feeling it was made for much bigger hands than yours.\n\nTo unlock the secrets of the urn, you must...\n\n- …commune with the chthonic spirit that dwells within (**Instinct** to hoard secrets).\n- …convince it to teach you both the secret recipe and song required to make its magic work.\n- …acquire the reagents required for the recipe (Value 1).\n- …manage to sing the secret song for a day and night, without pause.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--plaster-of-joining-uses", "title": "Plaster of Joining Uses", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *pour water, a pinch of blood, and special reagents (Value 1) into the urn and sing over it for a full day and night*, the urn gains 1 use (3 uses max) of plaster.\n\nWhen you *use the plaster to join two or more pieces of stone, rock, or crystal* and let the plaster set for a few hours, the pieces will fuse together. Different materials will show a natural, gradient seam. Similar materials will fuse together seamlessly.\n\nA single use of the plaster can cover an area up to a few inches wide and tall. Multiple uses can join together larger pieces of stone. Unused plaster will last indefinitely as long as the urn stays sealed.\n\nfront back **37**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-length-of-prayer-beads", "title": "A length of prayer beads", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "**,** *magical***,** *beautiful*\n\nA cord almost 10 feet long, strung with bronze beads. Each bead is carved with a different glyph and a figure in a unique meditative pose. If you run your fingers along the beads, you feel a sense of stillness—but also a merciless weight of judgement.\n\nTo unlock the secrets of the prayer beads, you must...\n\n- …decipher the Rime Lord glyphs embossed upon the beads.\n- …learn the meditative chants that accompany the beads (from a trove of knowledge or someone who knows).\n- …spend a season in isolation, naked and fasting, meditating with the prayer beads, risking illness, accident, and misadventure.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--cold-mind-iron-body-preparation", "title": "Cold Mind, Iron Body Preparation", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A length of prayer beads" ], "body": "When you *Bolster by spending downtime in isolation, fasting, and meditation with the prayer beads*, hold Preparation (as per the Bolster move).\n\nWhile you *hold at least 1 Preparation*, you require only an hour of sleep each night, can endure cold weather without *warm* clothing, and need not consume supplies or provisions when traveling or making camp. After about ten days of such hard living, lose 1 Preparation.\n\nAlso, you can spend 1 Preparation to:\n\n- Add +1 to any roll, after it is made (maximum +1 per roll)\n- Clear a debility, or refuse to mark one\n- Perform a feat of extreme endurance\n- Ignore harm from a source of elemental energy (fire, cold, lightning, etc.)\n\nfront back **38**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-30", "title": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--appendix-c-minor-arcana", "title": "APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA", "level": 3, "path": [ "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-beautiful-scroll", "title": "A beautiful scroll", "level": 2, "path": [ "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" ], "body": "♦, beautiful, fragile\n\nInside a case of carved ivory rests a scroll made of fine, almost gauzy wool. It is full of glyphs and diagrams, imprinted with rich dyes of red and black and yellow. The diagrams seem to depict some sort of meditative practice, resulting in some kind of familiar spirit?\n\nTo unlock the mysteries of this scroll, you must...\n\n- ... have some talent for magic.\n- ... decipher the Rime Lord glyphs.\n- ... spend a few months practicing the meditative techniques it describes.\n- ... describe and name the tiny spiritconstruct that you wish to create:\n- ... permanently sacrifice 2 HP to invest the tulpa with \"life.\"", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--little-friend", "title": "Little Friend", "level": 4, "path": [ "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "A beautiful scroll" ], "body": "You have created a tulpa, which you treat as a follower. Pick 2 additional tags, an instinct, 2 additional moves, and its cost.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--tulpa", "title": "🔼 Tulpa", "level": 2, "path": [ "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" ], "body": "99 Spirit, construct, tiny, naive, □ eager\n\n $\\Box$ fierce $\\Box$ kind $\\Box$ sly $\\Box$ timid $\\Box$ willful\n\nHP 8: Armor 0\n\nDamage 1d4 (if that)\n\n**Instinct** □ to play □ to learn □ to flaunt\n\n- ➤ Manifest a form of dust/snow/vapor\n- ☐ ➤ Produce light (*area*, *reach*)\n- ☐ ➤ Carry/manipulate a ♦ item\n- □ ➤ Deliver a message\n- □ ➤ Spy on someone/something\n\n**Cost** □ respect given □ new experiences □ comfort/compassion (Loyalty: ○○○)\n\nFRONT (39) BACK", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-31", "title": "A gold butter lamp", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "o, magical, beautiful, reach, area\n\nAn oversized, highly decorated lamp, shaped like a chalice with a wide cup, like those lamps they use up north to burn mammoth-butter in their rituals.\n\nIt's worth a fortune (Value 4), but there's more to this lamp than meets the eye. To unlock its secrets, you must...\n\n- ... consult with a disciple of the Rime Lords (or one of their troves of lore) to learn the recipe and mantra that makes the lamp work.\n- ... acquire the special ingredients for the clarified mammoth-butter to be burned in the lamp (Value 1).\n- ... risk drawing the attention of one or more wraiths when you first light the lamp and utter the incantation.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-32", "title": "Revealing Light", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "When you spend a day preparing the special ingredients (Value 1) according to the secret recipe, you create a ♦ jar of magic butter (○○○ OO hours).\n\nWhen you light the lamp using the magic butter and intone the mantra, the lamp gives off a pale, heatless light so long as you continue to chant. Within this light:\n\n- Active spirits are visible, even if they are not manifest\n- Illusions, glamours, and veils are stripped away\n- Shapechangers can be seen for what they truly are\n- Hidden things radiate a bright aura\n- Lies spoken are visible as black smoke that lingers near the ground\n\nAlas, the light draws the ire of any wraiths (or other hungry undead spirits) nearby.\n\nfront (40) back", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-33", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-ragged-fur-cloak", "title": "A ragged fur cloak", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "**,** *warm***,** *magical*\n\nThe hide of some unknown, black-furred beast. Its bristles are stiff and the air nearby is always chill.\n\nWhen you *don the cloak*, you can tolerate even the bitterest cold and can see in darkest shadow, but bright light hurts your eyes and the warmth of even a campfire is almost too much to bear.\n\nThere's more to this ragged fur, to be sure. To unlock its secrets, you must…\n\n- …wear it continuously for seven days and seven nights.\n- …stalk a warm-blooded beast on a moonless night, smearing its blood on the fur.\n- …suffer (or self-inflict) a grievous wound while wearing the fur, drenching it in your own fresh blood.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--darkwalker-cloak-charges", "title": "Darkwalker Cloak Charges", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A ragged fur cloak" ], "body": "When you *open your own veins and drench the fur with your own fresh blood,* lose 1d8 HP and mark a debility. If the cloak holds no Charges, it gains 1d4 Charges. The scars from the wound are bright white and never fade.\n\nWhen you *suffer a blow or physical injury while wearing the Darkwalker Cloak*, it loses 1 Charge and you transform into a cloud of shadow. You suffer no harm after all and can flit and fly about for a few seconds before reforming. Everything you touch while in this shadowy form is laced with hoarfrost. This effect does not trigger if the fur has no Charges.\n\nWhen *direct sunlight or holy light touch the Darkwalker Cloak,* or *anyone but you dons it*, it loses all its Charges.\n\nfront back **41**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-creepy-cave", "title": "A creepy cave", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "There's a cave somewhere—somewhere that the light never shines—where the walls are roiling formations, slick and wet, glinting with veins of red crystal that no longer glows. The stone undulates in the flickering torchlight. Yes, yes, that must be it... a trick of the light, nothing more.\n\nThe cave bears the lingering taint of a Thing Below, but has been cut off from its power. To unlock its secrets, you must…\n\n- …learn the name of the Thing Below that once corrupted this place.\n- …stay here in absolute darkness for at least a full day, despite the nightmares and hallucinations that try your soul.\n- …bring a still-living, warm-blooded being to the cave and spill its life's blood on the stones while intoning the name of the Thing Below that once touched this unholy place.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-flesh-is-like-clay", "title": "The Flesh Is Like Clay", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *cruelly kill a warm-blooded being in the cave,* one of similar size to yourself, and *smear both its blood and yours upon the stones,* mark 1:\n\n- Gain unholy resilience: increase your max HP by 2 and gain +1 armor against anything but bronze.\n- Gain one of your victim's physical traits (their strength, their speed, their looks, their strong heart, etc.).\n- Heal yourself of a permanent injury (regrowing a limb, removing a scar, fixing a bad knee, etc.).\n\n*Each time you use this power*, mark all three debilities. With each use, some of the red crystal vanishes from the cave. After the third use, the crystal and the cave's power are gone.\n\nfront back **42**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-34", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-disturbing-mask-if-stowed-magical", "title": "A disturbing mask if stowed; magical", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "This stiff, leathery mask looks a bit like melted wax. A large pearlescent sphere is embedded in the forehead. It seems to whisper as you move to put it on.\n\nThere's more to this mask than meets the eye. To unlock its secrets, you must…\n\n- …don the mask while alone, and wear it unseen for a night and a day.\n- …watch someone unnoticed for a few hours, while you wear the mask.\n - …tell the mask a secret, something no one else knows about you (tell the GM and other players what it is).\n- …tell the mask another person's secret, something that you've promised never to tell (tell the GM and other players what it is).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--fetch-s-mask-ken", "title": "Fetch's Mask Ken", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *wear the mask and eat someone's hair, blood, fingernail, etc.*, you and the mask become their flawless double until the next sunrise or you remove the mask.\n\nWhen you *interact with an NPC known to whoever's visage you wear*, roll +CHA: **on a 10+**, hold 3 Ken; **on a 7-9**, hold 1 Ken; **on a 6-**, they are deeply suspicious. While interacting with them, spend Ken 1-for-1 to ask the GM:\n\n- What do they expect me to do/say?\n- What do they hope/want from me?\n- What secret do I keep from them?\n\nWhen you *remove the mask after wearing someone's visage*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, it hurts but comes off okay; **on a 7-9**, your face is raw and painful, mark a debility; **on a 6-**, lose 1d4 HP, mark a debility, and the mask leaves lasting, distinctive scars.\n\nfront back **43**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-silvery-glass-bottle-fragile-magical", "title": "A silvery glass bottle , fragile, magical", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "About 10 inches tall, tapered at the top, made of old warped glass that's shot through with silvery streaks, like the trails that slugs leave. The patterns in the glass seem different each time you look, almost shifting as you watch. It makes you eyes water, your head spin.\n\nYou can unlock the secrets of this old glass bottle, but you must either…\n\n …find one who knows its workings, and get them to teach you;\n\nor…\n\n- …fill the botttle with spring-water and hallucinogenic mushrooms, and let it steep in the dark for a fortnight.\n- …drink the contents and risk learning nothing as you suffer through the sickness and the nightmares.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--witch-bottle-sway", "title": "Witch Bottle Sway", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A silvery glass bottle , fragile, magical" ], "body": "When you *tie strands of someone's hair around an item that they made or owned, set them afire, and drop them still-burning into the empty bottle,* hold 3 Sway over them. The cinders continue to burn and glow until the Sway is gone. Spend 1 Sway while speaking their true name to…\n\n- Twist their senses, making them perceive something untrue\n- Plague them with nightmares until they wash in rain or snow\n- Cause an emotion in their heart to swell, possibly overwhelming them\n\nIf the person you currently hold Sway over finds and breaks the Witch Bottle, you will yourself suffer all the torments you have ever inflicted with it.\n\nfront back **44**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-35", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-vellum-scroll-fragile", "title": "A vellum scroll , fragile", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "A remarkably supple scroll, given its age, found in an ivory tube. It bears writing in a strange alphabet, penned in a dark red ink. There are diagrams, too. You think it might be some sort of recipe? Or spell? Maybe both?\n\nTo unlock the secrets of this scroll, you must…\n\n- …determine the scroll's origin and be able to read the author's language.\n- …break the cipher in which the recipe is encoded.\n- …acquire the recipe's unusual and unsavory ingredients (Value 1).\n- …spend a few days practicing the incantation, risking a mistake on your first attempt, with potentially disastrous results.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--wishing-candles-uses", "title": "Wishing Candles Uses:", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A vellum scroll , fragile" ], "body": "When you *spend a few days following the unsavory recipe from the scroll* (Value 1), gain 1d4+1 Wishing Candles.\n\nWhen you *burn a Wishing Candle and utter the ugly incantation*, say what you wish to acquire: it will come into your possession soon. Roll the Die of Fate to learn the cost. If it was an item of Value 1 or less, roll twice and take your pick.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--1d6-cost", "title": "1d6 cost", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "- 1 The crops fail/2d4 Surplus is lost\n- 2 One of the village's resources or assets is lost/stolen/ruined/etc.\n- 3 A neighbor takes seriously ill or suffers a freak accident/loss\n- 4 Weird events plague the village; panic looms\n- 5-6 No cost to speak of, this time\n\nfront back **45**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-whispering-word", "title": "A whispering… word?", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*magical***,** *immobile***,** *terrifying*\n\nHidden from the sun, in a ring of runes, there is a... word?... floating in the air. Squiggling and wriggling, yearning to be free, it whispers promises of power. But the runes around it fill you with dread.\n\nTo unlock its secrets, you must…\n\n- …master your fear, forcing yourself to grasp it and take it inside of you.\n- …hold tight as it wracks your body and soul, attempting to unmake you (2d6 damage, *messy*, ignores armor).\n- …spend weeks in isolation, wrapping your mind around the dread word that now lives in your head.\n- …risk corrupting your locale and destroying your possessions or anything else nearby as you practice speaking the dread word aloud.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--baleful-utterance", "title": "Baleful Utterance", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A whispering… word?" ], "body": "When you *speak the dread word*, name an object that your voice can reach—it shatters, unravels, or is otherwise unmade.\n\nThen roll +CON: **on a 10+**, pick 1; **on a 7-9**, pick 1 and the GM picks another; **on a 6-**, pick 1 in addition to whatever else the GM says; **regardless**, if the item you destroyed was *indestructible*, pick 1 more.\n\n- Your throat burns and your tongue blisters; mark *miserable* and you can barely whisper for a few days.\n- Your ears and those of all who heard the word start bleeding (1d4 damage, ignores armor, temporarily deafened).\n- 1d4 other objects of the GM's choice also shatter/unravel/are unmade.\n- This place is corrupted by the Things Below; if already corrupted, it gets worse; otherwise, it is now a shunned place, a place of disquiet and unease.\n\nfront back **46**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-36", "title": "APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-corroded-spearhead", "title": "A corroded spearhead", "level": 3, "path": [ "APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA" ], "body": "♦, magical\n\nHidden away in some vault or cave or Makerruin is a length of copper, heavily corroded and coated with chunks of verdigris. If you squint, you vaguely make out the shape of a spearhead. Oh, and are those the faint traces of runes?\n\nTo unlock the secrets of this ancient weapon, you must...\n\n- … carefully clean away the corrosion with proper chemics, without destroying the runes as you do so.\n- … decipher the runes and how they are meant to be charged.\n- … infuse the restored spearhead with lightning.\n\n ... mount the spearhead on a shaft of birchwood.\n\n ... soak the spearhead in your own blood, to claim its power as yours.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--aetherium-spear", "title": "Aetherium Spear", "level": 4, "path": [ "APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA", "A corroded spearhead" ], "body": "♦, close, thrown, magical, +1 damage\n\nWhen you *Clash with the aetherium spear and get a* 7+, you can mark a debility to blast your foe with lightning, dealing +1d6 damage (*forceful*, *loud*).\n\nWhen you point the aetherium spear at your foes and bellow a thunderous warcry, mark a debility and unleash a blast of lightning (far, area, force-ful, loud, dangerous), rolling +STR to Let Fly instead of +DEX (and you cannot choose to deplete ammo). On a 6-, in addition to whatever else the GM says, the spearhead is drained of power and the birchwood shaft is reduced to cinders—clear the last 3 check boxes on the front of this card.\n\nFRONT (47) BACK", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-copper-banded-staff", "title": "A copper-banded staff", "level": 2, "path": [ "APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA" ], "body": "♦, magical\n\nA short staff, about 4 feet tall, tapering towards the tip and made of blackened oak with a strange metallic sheen. A dozen bands adorn it, made of corroded copper, caked in verdigris and crumbling away in spots. The bands are embossed with runes of power, some of them worn away or obscured.\n\nThe staff still tingles with power. To unlock its mysteries you must...\n\n- … figure out the shape of the missing and damaged runes.\n\n- ... replace the bands with new ones of rune-embossed aetherium.\n- ... hold fast as lightning courses through the staff, attuning to its magic (you risk serious burns or at least flinching and letting go).\n- ... spend a few days practicing with the charged-up staff.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--staff-of-magnetism-charge-ooo", "title": "Staff of Magnetism Charge: OOO", "level": 4, "path": [ "APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA", "A copper-banded staff" ], "body": "When *lightning courses through the staff*, it holds 3 Charge (max 3).\n\nWhen the staff holds Charge and you focus your will and senses through it, you can sense iron, steel, cobalt, and nickel within near range and move such objects slowly and awkwardly. You can manipulate only items that you could lift with one hand.\n\nWhen you *tap into the power stored within the staff*, pick 1:\n\n- Extend its effects up to far range\n- Move items quickly and suddenly, fast enough to attack or defend (dangerous)\n- Manipulate an object of considerable mass, as much as you can deadlift\n\nEach time you tap into the staff's power, roll 1d6. If you roll higher than the staff's current Charge, it loses 1 Charge.\n\nfront (48) back", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-37", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--an-odd-conveyance", "title": "An odd conveyance", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*large, magical, fragile*\n\nIt's like two of those canoes they use in Marshedge, but bigger and with big fins at the back. They're linked with timbers and a platform set on top. One canoe boasts a tall spire, snapped in half, a torn triangle of cloth still attached. Much of the wood is rotted. The canoes are banded in aetherium, weighed down with stones.\n\nYou suspect this is some sort of vehicle, but to unlock its mysteries you…\n\n- …need a skilled carpetenter, good timber (Value 2), a new sail (Value 1), and a season spent on repairs.\n- …risk damaging it further, and/or having it/the aetherium float away.\n- …must attune to the aetherium, so as to control how much it hovers.\n- …and another must spend a season learning to sail the thing, risking injury and damage to the craft.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--groundskimmer", "title": "Groundskimmer", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "An odd conveyance" ], "body": "*large, magical, dangerous,* requires a crew of 2\n\nThe groundskimmer can carry about as much as a fully-loaded wagon. When you *grasp the tiller and focus*, you can adjust how much the craft's aetherium repels the earth. When you *properly adjust it to match its current load*, it hovers a few feet above the earth and can sail across the landscape. In a good wind at a safe pace, it can cover the breadth of the Flats in ~8 hours. Sailing into the wind is much slower, and requires a zig-zag course.\n\nBad weather, high speed, flying too high, rough terrain, dodging obstacles, damage, impact, and sudden changes in load all involve Defying Danger (by you/your crew/your passengers). Sailing the Great Wood is impossible (too dense). Going offroad in the Steplands, Foothills, or mountains is suicidal; even sticking to the Makers' Roads in those regions is dangerous.\n\nfront back **49**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-bow-with-no-string", "title": "A bow with no string", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nA short flatbow made of pale blue metal, rigid and gracefully curved even though it's unstrung. There aren't even hooks where you *could* attach a string.\n\nIt seems to be of little use, but there is more to this bow than meets the eye. To unlock its mysteries, you must…\n\n- …acquire a glove of aetherium, properly attuned to the bow.\n- …learn the secret word that activates the bow.\n- …charge the bow with lightning, risking harm to the bow or yourself.\n- …spend a few weeks practicing, risking all manner of collateral damage in the process.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--thunderbolt-bow", "title": "Thunderbolt Bow", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A bow with no string" ], "body": ", *far*, *forceful*, *magical*, *loud*, *reload*, ignores armor, plenty left, low ammo, all out\n\nWhen you *speak the secret word*, the bow activates and hums ominously. When you then *wear the aetherium glove and grasp where the string should be*, a crackling line of lightning appears between the horns.\n\nWhen you *draw back the lightning*, a thunderbolt forms where an arrow should be. It manifests over the course of a deep breath, after which you can Let Fly.\n\nYou must charge the bow with lightning to replenish its ammo.\n\nWhen you *draw back the lightning for at least ten deep breathes*, deplete your ammo. Your next shot deals +1d4 damage (+*area*, +*dangerous*), but if you roll snake eyes to Let Fly, the bow explodes (3d6 damage, *reach*, *area*, *forceful*, *loud*).\n\nfront back **50**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-38", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-metal-man-magical-fragile", "title": "A metal man magical, fragile", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "A bronze statue, but not really a statue, more like bits of armor cleverly joined around a skeleton of interlocking pipes. And the \"chest\" is less a breastplate than a little potbelly stove. Intricate runes are barely visible under the thing's patina. It's dented, cracked, and torn apart, but a careful search will turn up all the pieces.\n\nThis is clearly no mere statue, but to unlock its mysteries you need to…\n\n- …repair the body, taking a full season for an *exceptional* smith (Value 3).\n- …spend a few weeks repairing the runes, risking a mistake that makes them ineffective or unstable.\n- …convince your own hearth's spirit to inhabit the stove and animate the construct.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--bronze-protector-readiness", "title": "Bronze Protector Readiness:", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A metal man magical, fragile" ], "body": "As long as *fire burns in in the stove-like chest*, the hearth spirit will animate the construct. Treat it as a follower.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--bronze-protector", "title": "Bronze protector", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A metal man magical, fragile", "Bronze Protector Readiness:" ], "body": "*Construct, spirit, durable, vigilant,*\n\n*overbearing, mute, gullible*\n\n**HP** 13; **Armor** 3 (metal)\n\n**Damage** pummel 1d8 (*hand*)\n\n**Special qualities** fireproof; holds +1 Readiness on a 7+ to Defend; requires a smithy and tools to regain HP\n\n**Instinct** to be overzealous in guarding you\n\n- ä Loom menacingly, belching smoke\n- ä Start fires, cause collateral damage\n- ä Run low on fuel\n\n**Cost** profuse gratitude (Loyalty: )\n\nfront back **51**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-39", "title": "A prospector's tale", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "\"An Ustrina once offered me a mirror, a flawless thing framed in gold. It showed *me*, but… a better me, you see? They said who made it, one of the Forge Lords, I think? Said she 'poured her Sublime Words into it,' whatever that means. I couldn't pay their price. But I'll never forget that mirror, or how it made me feel.\"\n\nThat old man turned up dead, but you suspect there's some truth to his story. To unlock its mysteries, you must...\n\n- …be proficient with some art or craft (pottery, weaving, smithing, etc.).\n- …find an Ustrina able and willing to teach you the Sublime Words.\n- …spend a season studying with the Ustrina, practicing the Words.\n- …risk never mastering the Words, or permanently harming your voice.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--sublime-words", "title": "Sublime Words", "level": 4, "path": [ "A prospector's tale" ], "body": "raspy voice, coughing fits, mute\n\nWhen you *spend supplies (Value 2) and a full season a-crafting, chanting the Sublime Words all the while,* roll +WIS. No matter what, you've damaged your voice (mark a status above) but made a thing of true beauty (Value 4). **On a 10+**, pick 1, or 2 and further damage your voice; **on a 7-9**, pick 1 and further damage your voice.\n\n- Its beauty will persist through the ages\n- It eases pain and lifts grief\n- It inspires others to better themselves\n\n**On a 6-**, it stokes greed in those who see it and fear in those who own it, worse if those qualities were already there. Expect bloodshed.\n\nWhen you *rest your voice for a season* (no shouting, little talking, not using the Sublime Words), clear one status above.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-40", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-rusty-steel-blade", "title": "A rusty steel blade", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": ", *close*, *crude*\n\nIt was clearly once a fine, fine blade. The steel holds a pattern of rune-like sworls, at least where the rust hasn't taken over. The hilt is blackened, with hints of leather wrappings that long ago burned away. The metal is hot to the touch, like it's been left out for hours in the summer sun.\n\nTo unlock the mysteries of this weapon, you must...\n\n- …restore the blade, which requires access to a smithy, a few weeks of work, and no small amount of skill.\n- …commune with the spirit of fire within the steel (**Instinct** to seek glory), and convince it that you are worthy to wield the blade.\n - …acquire a scabbard that can withstand the fire and heat of a forge.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--flaming-sword", "title": "Flaming Sword", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": ", *close*, *beautiful*, +1 damage, 1 piercing Blaze: 4nil, 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10\n\nWhen you *call on the fire spirit within,* the blade erupts in flames (+*magical*, +*dangerous*) and casts light (*reach*, *area*). The hilt gets hot; wear thick gloves!\n\nWhen you *Clash with the Flaming Sword*, after you resolve the move and deal damage, increase the Blaze die one step.\n\nWhen you *roll to make a move while wielding the sword*, take damage equal to the Blaze die (ignores armor).\n\nWhen you *deal damage with the sword*, add the Blaze die.\n\nWhen you *sheathe the sword*, the fire goes out and cannot be relit until the Blaze die is nil. Reduce the Blaze die once each hour.\n\nfront back **53**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-runic-branding-iron", "title": "A runic branding iron", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": ", *magical*\n\nFound in the workshop of some Forge Lord, still held in a vice-clamp. The head is a runic shape, 6 by 6 inches, with smaller runes etched into its surface. Or at least, most of its surface. A few inches are blank, the work clearly unfinished.\n\nTo unlock the mysteries of this iron and claim its power as your own, you must...\n\n- …decipher the meaning of the runes, and identify the missing ones.\n- …finish the etchings, risking an error that will make the next step fail.\n- …heat the iron red-hot and let yourself be branded (lose 3d6 HP), the runes fading from the iron and searing themselves upon your soul.\n- …allow the wound to heal and scar, without the aid of any magic.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--searing-touch", "title": "Searing Touch", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A runic branding iron" ], "body": "When you *call up the fire from your soul and pour it into your hands*, roll +CON: **on a 7+**, your hands blaze like white-hot iron (see below); **but on a 10+**, first pick 1; **and on a 7-9**, first pick 2:\n\n- It takes minutes of intense focus\n- It burns your life force; lose 2d4 HP\n- The pain is terrible; mark a debility\n\n**On a 6-**, whatever else the GM says, you cannot do this again until you Convalesce.\n\nWhile your *hands are ablaze*, your touch deals 1d10 damage (*hand*, *messy*, *dangerous*, 1 piercing), sets fire to wood, boils water, heats metal. Your hands are unharmed by the heat, but your gear and the rest of your body has no such protection. Be careful.\n\nYour hands blaze as long as you maintain your focus, up to a minute or maybe two.\n\nfront back **54**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-41", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-silvery-signet-ring-magical-beautiful", "title": "A silvery signet ring magical, beautiful", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "A ring of white metal, untarnished and gleaming, a single glyph carved into the bezel. The symbol squirms under your gaze, like it exists in more dimensions than you can perceive. The ring fits you perfectly, of course.\n\nTo unlock the ring's mysteries, you must...\n\n- …spend a season wearing the ring and contemplating the glyph.\n- …get used to the headaches & nausea that come from wearing the ring.\n - …spend 1 of your follower's Loyalty to charge the ring.\n- …attempt to influence one of your followers with the ring, at the risk of failing to ever master its power and/or alienating your follower(s).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--sigil-of-authority-authority", "title": "Sigil of Authority Authority:", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "When you *Strengthen Your Bond* with a member of your community, you can choose to hold +1 Authority (max 3) in lieu of your follower holding +1 Loyalty. If you *remove the ring*, lose all Authority.\n\nWhen you *Persuade your follower(s) while holding Authority*, you have advantage.\n\nYou can spend Authority 1-for-1 to:\n\n- Wrap yourself in majesty for up to a few minutes, drawing all attention, cowing the weak-willed, and speaking in a voice that all can hear (*far*, *area*)\n- Will someone in your presence to do as you wish, attempting to Persuade them without words\n- Have one of your nearby followers suffer an attack on your behalf, as if they held Readiness from Defending\n\nfront back **55**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-fine-drinking-horn", "title": "A fine drinking horn", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": ", *beautiful, magical*\n\nYou got it off a stranger. Like, maybe on a bet, or in a contest, or as a gift in return for some kindness. Or maybe you took it without his consent? Regardless, he seemed a bit coy about the horn, almost glad to let you have it. And just before you parted ways, you noticed the missing finger on his left hand.\n\nSince then, the horn has seemed to call to you, daring you to drink heavily from it. To unlock its mysteries, you must...\n\n- …fill it with whisky or a similarly potent spirit.\n- …drink the contents in a single pull (mark *dazed*).\n- …risk blacking out, acting the fool, or at least marking more debilties.\n- …survive the storm you summon as a result (see reverse).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--horn-of-storms", "title": "Horn of Storms", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A fine drinking horn" ], "body": "When you *get yourself good and drunk from the horn,* mark a debility. You call up a storm, centered on your location. Roll four d4s. For each additional debility you mark, roll an extra d4. *Until the storm passes*, you can't clear debilities.\n\nAssign one d4 to each of the following:\n\n- \\_\\_\\_\\_ **Onset: 1** = next day; **2-3** = in a few hours; **4** = within the hour.\n- \\_\\_\\_\\_ **Intensity: 1** = dangerous to be out in; **2-3** = damages weak structures; **4** = lays waste toweak structures and damages sturdy ones.\n- \\_\\_\\_\\_ **Reach: 1** = a mile or so; **2-3** = a dozen miles or so; **4** = dozens or scores of miles.\n- \\_\\_\\_\\_ **Duration** (once it gets going)**: 1** = less than an hour; **2-3** = a few hours; **4** = a day or so.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-42", "title": "appendix c : minor arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-vein-of-milky-crystal", "title": "A vein of milky crystal", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "*magical, beautiful, immobile*\n\nFound in a cave, a mountain, or some rocky outcrop, likely considered sacred by the locals. It looks like cloudy white quartz, but glows faintly at night.\n\nYou can unlock the mysteries of this vein and craft a talisman against the undead, but to do so you must...\n\n- …personally extract a large hunk of crystal (Value 1) from the vein.\n- …have a gemcutter shape and polish it into a perfect sphere (a Value 1 job).\n- …learn the sacred words for imbuing a moonstone with light and then calling that light forth.\n - …spend three nights under the full moon, speaking the sacred words, risking a mistake that ruins the moonstone or at least wastes your efforts this month.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--moonstone", "title": "Moonstone", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A vein of milky crystal" ], "body": ", *beautiful, magical*, *fragile*, hours:\n\nWhen you *spend a night beneath the full moon,* directing its light into the moonstone, it gains 1 hour of light (max 5).\n\nWhen you *hold the moonstone aloft in darkness and utter a sacred word*, it shines with pale white light (*area*, *near*) that shows no color, only shape and texture. The light reveals the undead, even spirits that have yet to manifest and entities masked by magic or disguise.\n\nWhen *the moonstone is your only light source and you shout the proper word*, it blazes with silvery light and all undead in range take 1d6 damage per hour of light remaining (ignores armor). The moonstone then goes dark, its light expended until you charge it again.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-mummified-hand", "title": "A mummified hand", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A vein of milky crystal" ], "body": ", *magical, fragile*\n\nFound in an engraved lead box, this grisly relic is adorned with three golden rings (Value 2). Each ring has an empty setting, as though it was meant to hold a stone. Only dark, rust-like flakes remain.\n\nThe hand still thrums with unholy vitality. To unlock its mysteries, you must...\n\n- …learn the name of the sorcerer whose hand this was.\n- …learn the words of power and the process below.\n - … on three seperate nights, soak a different piece of red crystal (Value 1) in a bowl of your own fresh blood (5 HP, mark a debility), chanting words of power throughout the night, and then set the still-dripping crystal in one of the rings that adorn the hand.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--hand-of-aals-sannan", "title": "Hand of Aals Sannan", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "A vein of milky crystal" ], "body": "When you (and only you) *touch the hand and speak the name of Aals Sannan,* all three crystals dim and the power of the long-dead sorcerer infuses you. Reset your HP to max, clear your debilities, and heal any problematic wounds (if you were dying, you no longer are). Also, mark one:\n\n- Part of your look changes, to be more\n- like Aals Sannan. Your instinct changes, to something more cynical/manipulative/ambitious.\n- Your heart hardens towards someone you care about, so that you see them now as only a tool or a threat.\n\nWhen *all three have been marked*, the three crystals crumble to dust. Clear all three marks but their effects remain. Also, clear the last three check boxes on the front of this card. Until you replace all three crystals, you can't use this arcanum.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "title": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--appendix-c-minor-arcana-2", "title": "APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-redwood-basin-magical-beautiful", "title": "A redwood basin ♦♦, magical, beautiful", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix c : minor arcana", "APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA" ], "body": "A wide, shallow bowl carved with flowers and thorny vines, twining through skulls of deer and other beasts. The pattern shifts when you aren't looking; it's never exactly the same twice.\n\nTo unlock the mysteries of the basin, you must...\n\n- ... befriend the spirit of life and vitality that dwells within.\n- ... learn from a Fae how to pour years of your life into the basin.\n- ... fill the basin with a few years of your life.\n\nWhen you mark the last requirement and unlock this arcanum, mark your current age on the other side. Then trigger the Bittersweet Elixir move.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-43", "title": "Bittersweet Elixir O youthful, O mature, O elderly", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "When you *fill the basin with a few years of your life*, it becomes a draught of honey and regret. Either mark the next age above (and update your look) as the lost years catch up with you, or mark one of the following (your choice):\n\n□ Your mood shifts, dramatically (how?)\n□ You see the Last Door (what's it like?)\n□ Reduce STR, DEX, or CON by 1\n□ You have less than a year to live\n\nWhen someone *drinks down all of the bitter-sweet elixir, straight from the basin*, they pick 1:\n\n- Regain all HP, clear all debilities, and heal any active problematic wounds\n- Purge themselves of all poison/disease\n- Fully recover from a permanent injury by next season's end, or sooner", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-humble-broom", "title": "A humble broom", "level": 4, "path": [ "Bittersweet Elixir O youthful, O mature, O elderly" ], "body": "♦, magical, crude\n\nJust a well-worn stick of rowan wood, in need of some new bristles. You wouldn't give it another thought. Except... when you hold it, and sweep with it, you find yourself humming a half-remembered tune.\n\nClearly, there is more to this broom than meets the eye. To unlock its mysteries, you must...\n\n- ... find a Fae who can hear the broom's song in its entirety.\n- ... convince them to teach you the broom's song in full.\n- ... use the broom at least once a day for a whole season, singing the lullaby as you do.\n- ... risk falling into a lasting, timeless sleep as you practice the lullaby.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-broom-s-lullaby", "title": "The Broom's Lullaby", "level": 3, "path": [ "Bittersweet Elixir O youthful, O mature, O elderly" ], "body": "magical, area, near\n\nWhen you start sweeping an area as you softly sing the lullaby, roll +CHA: on a 7+, those who see and hear you stop to watch and listen, at least for a bit, entranced or confused or bemused as fits their nature and the circumstances. They snap out of it if harmed or threatened. Also, on a 10+, you can hold their attention for the length of the lullaby, as long as no one is harmed or threatened.\n\nWhen you *sing the full lullaby, sweeping all the while*, roll +CHA: **on a 10+**, all who hear you fall into a deep sleep and will be prone to dismiss this as just a dream; **on a 7-9**, all who hear you start to nod off or lapse into a light, jerking sleep, but they will certainly remember this when they come to; **on a 6-**, at least one of your audience snaps to and realizes just how weird this all is.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--appendix-c-minor-arcana-3", "title": "\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$ APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA", "level": 2, "path": [ "Bittersweet Elixir O youthful, O mature, O elderly" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-stone-idol", "title": "A stone idol", "level": 4, "path": [ "Bittersweet Elixir O youthful, O mature, O elderly", "\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$\\$ APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA" ], "body": "♦, crude, magical\n\nFound at the back of some cave or grotto, obscured by roots and rubble, surrounded by desiccated, rotting offerings. A crude squat thing with a possum's sneering face, a thorny tail, and flowers for its ears.\n\nThe idol is, in fact, a narcissistic little Fae, stuck (hiding? stubbornly ensconced?) in the form of a stone idol. To unlock its \"mysteries\" and benefit from its patronage, you must...\n\n- ... restore the shrine, while suffering the abuse of its angry little god.\n- ... extract the idol from the stone and rubble in which it's embedded, at the risk of damaging/insulting it.\n- ... trick the idol into accepting an offering that puts it in your lasting debt. A Surplus worth of food and/or whisky ought to be enough.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-angry-little-god", "title": "The Angry Little God", "level": 2, "path": [ "Bittersweet Elixir O youthful, O mature, O elderly" ], "body": "When you put the idol in a prominent place and beseech it to attend its humble servant, it wakes (but is still inert). Treat it as a follower, though it hardly considers itself one.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--all-mighty-thistlewisk", "title": "All-mighty Thistlewisk", "level": 3, "path": [ "Bittersweet Elixir O youthful, O mature, O elderly", "The Angry Little God" ], "body": "Fae, tiny, magical, devious, arrogant\n\nHP 15; Armor 6 (stone, resilience), 2 vs. iron Special qualities inert; disembodied voice **Instinct** to heap abuse on its worshippers\n\n- Make unreasonable demands\n- ➤ Consume the essence of foodstuffs\n- ➤ Sense one's idle thoughts/memories\n- ➤ Weave powerful illusions and hallucinations (near, area)\n- ➤ Grow bored/huffy and go to sleep\n\nCost obeisance and ever-larger offerings of food (Lovalty: OOO)\n\nFRONT (61) BACK", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-44", "title": "A treasure map", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "fragile\n\nA tattered scrap of parchment. It shows a path from a particular set of standing stones: through a marsh, up a river, to a place behind a waterfall, then through a forest of sword-sharp trees. Forest Folk glyphs are scrawled all about, but at the end: a silver tree, and X marks the spot.\n\nTo unlock the map's mysteries and claim the prize at the end, you must...\n\n- ... find the standing stones that mark the start of the path.\n- ... follow the map to the waterfall.\n- ... enter the Fae domain beyond.\n- ... navigate the sword-tree forest.\n- ... risk falling under the soporific spell of the silver tree.\n- ... claim a branch from the silver tree.\n- ... make it home again.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--the-silver-branch", "title": "The Silver Branch", "level": 4, "path": [ "A treasure map" ], "body": "♦, magical, beautiful O fresh, Ofading, Obare\n\nA few feet long, laden with white flowers and jingling golden fruits. Surprisingly sturdy, and stays fresh indefinitely unless its powers are used. Only one such branch can leave the Fae domain at a time.\n\nWhen you jingle the silver branch, all who hear it (reach, area except you) are filled with bliss and forget their woes for a few hours. Roll +CHA: on a 10+, pick 1; on a 7-9, pick 1 and the GM picks another; on a 6-, all 3.\n\n- The branch starts to fade; if already fading, it goes bare, its powers gone\n- Some (GM's choice of who) are blissed out for days or weeks, growing weak and wretched in the meantime\n- Some (GM's choice of who) become obsessed with hearing it jingle again", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-45", "title": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--appendix-c-minor-arcana-4", "title": "APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA", "level": 3, "path": [ "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--an-oversized-crown", "title": "An oversized crown", "level": 4, "path": [ "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "APPENDIX C: MINOR ARCANA" ], "body": "♦, beautiful, magical, fireproof\n\nA circlet of black, glossy metal set with eight spires of aetherium. It's sized for a head maybe twice as large as yours, and is always a bit chill to the touch. Even cast into the hottest furnace, it will not melt nor even heat\n\nWhen you touch the crown with bare flesh and open your mind, you can speak to the primordial spirit to which the crown is attuned. But to fully unlock the mysteries of this crown, you must...\n\n- ... risk your sense of self as you commune with this spirit of the void.\n- ... learn the Words of Being, which will force the spirit to manifest.\n- ... learn the Words of Unbeing, which will send the spirit home.\n- ... convince the spirit to manifest and then successfully dismiss it.\n\nVoid Elemental Loyalty: 000\n\nWhen you touch the crown and speak the Words of Being, the spirit manifests. Treat it as a follower, with 3 Loyalty to start (it can never gain more). When you touch the crown and chant the Words of Unbeing, the spirit can return to the void-if it wants.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana-46", "title": "👧 Void elemental", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "🎤 Spirit, primordial, confused, angry\n\nHP 15; Armor 1 (lacks organs)\n\nDamage void touch 1d10 w/advantage (hand, grabby, ignores armor)\n\nSpecial qualities immune to most harm **Instinct** to rage at all the noise and chaos\n\n- Manifest as a black hole in reality\n - ➤ Snuff out a source of energy\n - ➤ Become confused, unsure what to do\n\nFRONT (63) BACK", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--a-metal-puzzle-box", "title": "A metal puzzle box", "level": 2, "path": [ "👧 Void elemental" ], "body": "♦, indestructible\n\nA 6\" cube of dull gray metal, covered in hinges, knobs, dials, sliders, levers, and the like. A thing of mad genius, resisting all attempts to open it by brute force.\n\nTo unlock its mysteries, you must...\n\n- ... roll +INT to open the box: on a 10+, it takes a few days of fiddling; on a 7-9, it takes a few obsessive weeks; on a 6-, it's beyond you.\n- ... spend a season deciphering the symbols etched along the inside.\n- ... risk never being able to decipher the symbols, and/or developing some mental quirk as you do so.\n- ... commune with a primordial spirit and learn the Silent Words from it.\n- ... spend a few weeks practicing the spell, risking all sorts of harm and collateral damage.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "57-appendix-c-minor-arcana--runes-of-creation", "title": "Runes of Creation", "level": 3, "path": [ "👧 Void elemental", "A metal puzzle box" ], "body": "When you carefully inscribe an object with the runes of creation, pick 1 desired effect:\n\n- It will flow into any shape you imagine\n- It will become indestructible\n- It will become beautiful\n- It will blaze with terrible heat (1d10 damage, messy), if only for a moment\n\nWhen you speak the Silent Word that completes the spell (far range) mark a debility as elemental forces flow through you into the object. The effect works, but roll +CON: on a 10+, pick 1; on a 7-9, pick 1 and the GM picks another; on a 6-, all 3.\n\n- Mark another debility & lose 1d10 HP\n- The elements run amok, triggering a fire/earthquake/avalanche/storm/etc.\n- The effect lasts only while you focus on it, and then the object is damaged in a manner of the GM's choosing", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana", "title": "Major Arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "**Staff of the Lidless Orb**\n\n*, close*, *magical*, *awkward*\n\nA sphere of greenish glass, etched with a cat's-eye design and set atop a staff of rough, pitted black iron. The orb catches the light and seems to glow, and the pupil seems to widen in the dark and narrow to a slit in daylight.\n\nAnd sometimes, you could swear, it seems to look about on its own.\n\nBut that's preposterous.\n\nWhen you *grip the staff, close your eyes, and see through the Lidless Orb*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, choose 3 from the list below; **on a 7-9**, choose 1.\n\n- The orb sees through darkness, natural or magical\n- The orb sees through illusion, glamour, and invisibility\n- The orb can see strong emotions as auras radiating from people and lingering on places\n- You can move about and operate effectively while seeing through the orb (otherwise, not so much)\n\nWhatever you choose, the effect lasts until you open your eyes or let go of the staff.\n\n**On a 6-**, the orb shows you a terrible vision of some distant time or place. Mark 1 (or see below) and ask the GM what you see. While the vision lasts, you are oblivious to the world around you and have disadvantage on your first roll after coming to.\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the mysteries of the Staff and can use Power of the Lidless Orb (see reverse). Mark one of the four effects (your choice); you can produce that effect.\n\nWhen you *would mark a circle but have already marked all three*, mark a new effect for Power of the Lidless Orb. You can now produce that effect.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-2", "title": "APPENDIX D: MAJOR ARCANA", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-staff-of-the-lidless-orb", "title": "Mysteries of the Staff of the Lidless Orb", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "| Moves | | |\n|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--|\n| W | POWER OF THE LIDLESS ORB When you bear the staff and call upon the power of the Orb, choose one of the effects that you have marked: | |\n| 0 | Cast your sight afar, seeing either a time in the past of your current locale or the present of a distant place which you have previously visited. While you maintain the effect, you are blind to the world around you. | |\n| | Hold the Orb before another creature's gaze and steal its sense of sight, blinding them until you use this effect again. When you see through the Lidless Orb, you can choose to see using the currently stolen sense of sight. | |\n| | Hold the Orb before a mortal being's gaze, keeping it transfixed, mesmerized, and receptive to your suggestions. A weak-willed creature will obey outright; a strong-willed one might require convincing. | |\n| | Point the Orb at a living victim and roll 2d4. If you roll higher than the victim's current HP, it's debilitated with nausea and vertigo while you remain in its presence (and possibly for some time thereafter). Otherwise, the victim reels momentarily but soon recovers. | |\n| dec | ter you've chosen the effect, roll +CON: **on a 10+** , the effect occurs as described; **on a 7-9** , you cide either to mark a Consequence and have the effect occur, or to have the effect fail; **on a 6-** , ask e GM what happens (which may or may not involve marking a Consequence). | |\n| $\\overline{\\mathbf{c}}$ | onsequences | |\n| 0 | One of your eyes becomes strange, bulging, painful, and discolored. Your vision is more-or-less unaffected. | |\n| | ☐ Your other eye withers, atrophies, and goes pale and empty. Painful warts sprout all around the socket. Permanently mark the miserable debility. | |\n| | You begin to sprout warty, scale-like protrusions all over. These continue to grow until you gain +1 armor, but mortals who see these growths tend to be repulsed. | |\n| | You become incapable of seeing beauty. Your senses are unaltered, but nothing strikes you as beautiful. Grotesque and horrific sights still move you and hold a strange fascination. Replace your instinct with \"Disgust: To marvel at things horrific and grotesque.\" You can clearly see the ugliness in other people. When you first meet an NPC, you can ask the GM \"What secret shame or guilt do they bear?\" and get an honest answer. | |\n\n□□□ You become aware of El'rash-Orra, the Many Eyes, gazing up at you from Below. It whispers to you a task; refuse it—now or later—and the Lidless Orb goes dark, useless to you.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-3", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--twisted-spear-reach-magical", "title": "Twisted Spear , reach, magical", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "A knobby length of wood, pale as death and hard as steel, tapering to a needle point. The shaft is scored and notched, the tip stained with blood and soot.\n\nThe Spear is a potent weapon against spirits and demons. They cannot bear its touch and its presence makes them deeply ill at ease.\n\nWhen you *wield the Twisted Spear as a weapon*, you ignore magical protections and can harm spirits, demons, and insubstantial creatures.\n\nWhen you *first plunge the Spear into a spirit or demon*, your mind reels with strange visions. These tasks become known to you:\n\n- Impale a foul spirit with the Spear, and keep it skewered until it burns away to nothing.\n- Visit the elder tree from which the Spear was carved, and water its roots with your blood.\n- Face the Pale Hunter and survive the encounter.\n- Spend a fortnight in the wild, eating nothing, naked and unarmed except for the Spear.\n- Pierce your own hand through with the Spear, giving it a shard of your soul and reducing your max HP by 1d4+1.\n\nWhen you *complete a task*, mark it off.\n\nWhen you *have marked 3 tasks*, you unlock the mysteries of the Twisted Spear. Choose one of the moves on the reverse; you can use that move as long as you wield the Spear. Each time you mark a task thereafter, gain another move from the reverse.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arca", "title": "appendix d : major arca", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-twisted-spear", "title": "Mysteries of the Twisted Spear", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--whispers", "title": "WHISPERS", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "When you grip the shaft of the Twisted Spear , you can ask the GM, 'What spirits are active here?' and get an honest answer.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--promise-of-doom", "title": "PROMISE OF DOOM", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "When you hold the Twisted Spear and speak aloud an oath to destroy a spirit or demon , you do +2d4 damage against them and -4 damage to everything else. This lasts until you destroy them or forsake your oath. If you forsake your oath, mark a consequence.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--roots-of-the-elder-tree", "title": "ROOTS OF THE ELDER TREE", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "When you stand with your feet firmly on the ground and strike a spirit, ghost, or demon , you can mark a consequence to send your target coursing through you and into the depths of the earth, where it is bound fast.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--darkness-lingers", "title": "DARKNESS LINGERS", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "When you strike down a spirit or demon , ask the GM for one of its moves and write it down; it is held in the Twisted Spear. When you use the stolen move , roll +CON: on a 10+ , you do it, just like that; on a 7-9 , you do it, but choose 1:\n\n- The move is lost, bleeding away from the Spear\n\n- Mark a consequence", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "- Deep beneath the elder tree from which the Spear was carved, something dark and terrible shifts and strains at the roots that bind it.\n\n- From now on, the first time you Make Camp each session, roll +WIS: on a 10+ , your dreams are unpleasant and claustrophobic, but your sleep is restful; on a 7-9 , you dream of that which is bound by the elder tree from which the Spear was carved-take disadvantage on your next roll, but ask the GM what you learn; on a 6- , the thing bound by the tree sees you, too. You awake, unrested, and will get no rest this night.\n\n- You are overwhelmed by a vision of the thing bound by the Spear's tree, its past and its terrible desires.\n\n- The elder tree from which the Spear was carved shudders and cracks, still whole but wounded and weakened.\n\n- A lesser evil escapes from the roots of the tree. Ask the GM what is now loose in the world.\n\n- The tree grows sick and weak, losing its leaves and sprouting only a few in spring.\n\n- Some natural thing is tainted by the dark power beneath the tree, and goes forth to wreak evil.\n\n- The tree dies. Its prisoners escape. And the Spear loses all power.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-4", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--demonhide-cloak", "title": "Demonhide Cloak", "level": 2, "path": [ "Major Arcana" ], "body": ", 1 armor, *warm*, *magical*\n\nA tattered cloak, stitched from a motley patchwork of unfamiliar hides and leather. Shifting odors waft from it: damp earth, ozone, musk, sulfur, rust, rot.\n\nIt is not a glamorous garment. Anything but.\n\nWhen you *wear the Cloak*, its armor applies against demons in all cases, even if their attacks are piercing or ignore armor.\n\nWhen you *draw up the hood of the Cloak*, you see clearly in darkness.\n\nWhen you *wrap the Cloak tightly about your person*, you pass unnoticed by all so long as you move calmly and carefully and keep out of direct, harsh light. In retrospect, those you pass may recall a strange smell.\n\nWhen you *flay the hide from a demon, tan it, and sew it onto the cloak*, mark 1:\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the mysteries of the Cloak and can use The Flesh Remembers (see reverse).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-2", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-demonhide-cloak", "title": "Mysteries of the Demonhide Cloak", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-2", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--the-flesh-remembers", "title": "THE FLESH REMEMBERS", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "Moves" ], "body": "When you *first encounter a demon and search the Cloak's memories for its like*, roll +nothing: **on a 10+**, the flesh of such a creature is present in the Cloak—you receive a vision of how it was defeated; **on a 7-9**, choose 1 from the list below.\n\n- The flesh of such a creature is present in the Cloak—you receive a vision of how it was defeated, but mark a Consequence\n- The flesh of such a creature is not present in the cloak; you learn nothing\n\nWhen you *have marked 3 Consequences*, you gain the following move:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--unholy-visage", "title": "UNHOLY VISAGE", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "Moves", "THE FLESH REMEMBERS" ], "body": "When you *take the appearance of a demon*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, hold 3 Guise; **on a 7-9**, hold 1 Guise; **on a 6-**, hold 1 Guise and mark a Consequence. While you hold Guise, all perceive you as a demon, and magic that affects demons affects you, too. Spend Guise, 1-for-1 to:\n\n- Maintain your appearance in the face of divination or revealing light\n- Understand any language you hear, and reply in kind\n- Shrug off harm that your demonic form could ignore\n- Maneuver in a way consistent with your demonic form: flying, leaping, oozing, flitting as a shadow, etc.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-3", "title": "Consequences", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- You experience an overwhelming vision, from the point of view of a demon sewn into the Cloak. Ask the GM what you see and when you come to.\n- A number of seams fray and tear. The Cloak loses its powers until you sew a new piece of demon flesh into it.\n- The Cloak's stench grows stronger, noticeable even when you go unseen and unheard. You smell faintly of the Cloak even when you aren't wearing it.\n- You become incapable of fear while wearing the Cloak. If you *wear the Cloak during a session*, your instinct becomes \"Recklessness: To act with no regard to danger or consequence.\"\n- You begin to hear the voices of the dark creatures sewn into the Cloak. The Cloak becomes a follower (see below). When you would mark a Consequence, you can choose to spend 1 of the Cloak's Loyalty instead.\n\n **The Cloak** *bloodthirsty, demon-wise*, *extraordinary*, *magical*\n\n**Cost** chaos and wanton destruction (Loyalty )\n\n**Instinct** to bicker and argue (with you, with itself )\n\n- ^ä Reveal a dark and terrible secret, or part of one\n- ^ä Manifest a minor demonic effect\n- ^ä Possess you in your sleep", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-5", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--noruba-s-ice-sphere", "title": "Noruba's Ice Sphere", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "*, magical*, *awkward*\n\nA perfect sphere of dark ice, the size of a fist, never melting, hard as stone, and set like a gaudy gem at the end of a finely wrought torc. Or not a torc, perhaps, but maybe a ring that once sat upon some giant's finger?\n\nStaring into the icy sphere brings a sense of calm, serenity, and detachment. Indeed, a lesser mind might find itself staring into its depths for hours on end.\n\nWhen you *peer into the Ice Sphere*, your mind is cleared of strong emotions.\n\nWhen you *gaze deeply into the Ice Sphere and ponder a situation, puzzle, or mystery*, ask the GM one of the questions below. The GM will answer honestly.\n\n- Who benefits (or would benefit) from \\_\\_?\n- What about \\_\\_ isn't what it seems to be?\n- How could I learn more about \\_\\_?\n- What's the most likely outcome if \\_\\_?\n- What am I overlooking?\n\nAfter the GM answers, roll +INT: **on a 10+**, hold 2 Acumen; **on a 7-9**, hold 1. While acting on the GM's answer, you can spend Acumen 1-for-1 to:\n\n- Ask another question from the list above, and get an honest answer\n- Treat a 6- that you rolled as a 7-9, or a 7-9 as a 10+\n\n**On a 6-**, your connection to your body weakens—mark a debility and mark 1 circle. The debility lasts until you spend a few days living wholly in your body and averting your gaze from the Ice Sphere.\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the mysteries of the Ice Sphere and can use Mindwalking (see reverse).\n\n> front **4**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-4", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-noruba-s-ice-sphere", "title": "Mysteries of Noruba's Ice Sphere", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "| Moves | |\n|-------|--|\n|-------|--|", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mindwalking", "title": "MINDWALKING", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you *use the Ice Sphere as a psychic anchor*, your consciousness leaves your body and walks the world as a spirit, invisible and insubstantial. Roll +INT: **on a 10+**, hold 3 Power; **on a 7-9**, hold 2 Power; **on a 6-**, hold 2 Power and mark a Consequence. While mindwalking, you may spend your Power, 1-for-1 to:\n\n- Manifest as a ghostly voice and/or presence\n- Manipulate an unattended item (small or , no bigger)\n- Return instantly to the Ice Sphere from any distance\n\nFor every 2 Consequences you mark, gain one of the following moves:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--a-mighty-will", "title": "A MIGHTY WILL", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you *mindwalk*, hold +1 Power.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--farwalker", "title": "FARWALKER", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "A MIGHTY WILL" ], "body": "When you *mindwalk*, you may spend 1 Power to instantly send your mind to any place you have ever visited, physically or mentally.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--telepathy", "title": "TELEPATHY", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you *mindwalk*, you may spend 1 Power to become able to communicate mentally with someone nearby, as long as you remain in their presence. They can choose whether to respond, and can attempt to ignore you, but cannot shut you out completely without magic of their own.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--thoughtcrafter", "title": "THOUGHTCRAFTER", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "TELEPATHY" ], "body": "When you *mindwalk*, you may spend 1 Power to animate a mass of loose material (gravel, snow, leaves, etc.) into a body no larger than your own. When you would roll STR, DEX, or CON in this form, use INT instead. This form has 10 HP. When reduced to 0 HP, it dissipates and you return to your physical body.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-5", "title": "Consequences", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- You draw the attention of some powerful, hungry entity of the spirit world. It has your scent.\n- Your physical body withers and fades—permanently mark the *weakened* debility\n- Your emotions dull. You can no longer be affected by fear, hate, passion, or other powerful emotions (for good or ill).\n - Replace your instinct with \"Detachment: To distance yourself from human connections and emotions.\"\n- Your skin tinges bluish; your body becomes cold to the touch. You are unaffected by even the bitterest cold, but find heat and warmth unbearable.\n - When you take damage from fire, roll twice and take the higher result.\n- When you *roll 6- at Death's Door*, you have no choice: gain the Ghost insert (with the Ice Sphere as your tether).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-6", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "**Mindgem** *, slow*, *indestructible*\n\nA chunk of makerglass the size of a human head; inspection reveals facets within facets, a thousandfold. When you *touch the glass with bare skin and open your mind to it*, you contact the intelligence within lonely, confused, longing for meaning and connection.\n\nIt will happily speak with you, mind-to-mind. It knows much about the past, but naught of its own history or purpose. At least, not yet.\n\nWhen you *consult the Mindgem about the Makers, their arts, or their history*, ask a question and roll +INT: **on a 7+**, it answers but **on a 10+**, pick 1; **on a 7-9**, pick 2:\n\n- The answer is cryptic, vague, or lacking crucial context\n- It takes a long time—hours or even days—to get the answer\n- Your mind is left reeling; take disadvantage on your next roll", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--on-a-6-choose-1", "title": "On a 6-, choose 1:", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "- It wastes your time with irrelevant histories and data\n- It answers now, but refuses to answer further questions until you make progress towards restoring its body (or, if its body is assembled, until you pay its Cost).\n\nThe Mindgem knows that a body was crafted for it, and that it has likely survived—at least in part. It longs for the body to be whole, and to interact with the world. To assemble the Mindgem's body and unlock its mysteries:\n\n- Recover its chassis of white granite, which weighs well over a ton\n- Recover its \"heart,\" a chunk of makerglass that forever burns with terrible heat (*indestructible*, *dangerous*)\n- Recover and repair the intricate bronze helm (*awkward, big*) that serves as a casing for the Mindgem\n- Puzzle out how to assemble all the pieces\n\nWhen you've completed all the requirements, gain the Mighty Servant (see reverse).\n\nfront", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-6", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-mindgem", "title": "Mysteries of the Mindgem", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "| - | • | • | |\n|---|----|---|----|\n| £ | 7₩ | ч | à. |\n| | • | и | w |\n| • | 77 | ▼ | Ŧ |\n| | | | |", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--the-mighty-servant", "title": "The Mighty Servant", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "*large*, *construct*, *Maker-wise*, *beautiful*, *meek*, *hardy*, *slow*, *strong*, *exceptional*\n\n**Special qualities** living stone, tireless **Cost** wonder, excitement, joy, discovery (Loyalty )\n\n**Instinct** to misunderstand\n\n- ^ä Perform a mighty feat of strength\n- ^ä Carry on implacably\n\n**Damage** stone fists d10+1 (*hand, close*, disadvantage)\n\nWhen *the Mighty Servant makes a move at your behest* (see Order Followers), on a 6-, in addition to whatever the GM says, mark a consequence.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-2", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "- It becomes frustrated/agitated and begins to obsessively do something destructive or dangerous to others\n- It begins to understand (or perhaps it remembers) lies and deception. It gains the *devious* tag and this move:\n - ^ä Reveal an earlier deception or half-truth\n- It develops a sense of pride; cross off the *meek* tag.\n- It realizes its potential as a weapon. Replace the *slow* tag with the *warrior* tag, and its damage becomes 1d10+5 (*hand, close, messy, forceful*, 3 piercing)\n - It becomes aggressive and reckless in battle. Its attacks gain the *area* and *dangerous* tags.\n- It remembers its original purpose. The GM will pick 1 or have you roll 1d4 on the table below to determine the Servant's new cost (replacing \"wonder, excitement, joy\").", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--1d4-purpose-cost", "title": "1d4 purpose cost", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "Consequences" ], "body": "- 1 To punish Victory against Hillfolk, sorcerers, the Things Below\n- 2 To preserve Acquiring artifacts of the past, safely hiding them away\n- 3 To purge Destroying artifacts of the Green Lords or Things Below\n- 4 To build Progress towards building an enormous, enigmatic edifice\n- Its instinct becomes \"to pursue its purpose.\" You must Persuade it to do anything unrelated to that purpose, and it will flat-out refuse to act against its purpose.\n- It wanders off in pursuit of its purpose, implacably pursuing it. It is no longer a follower, though you might still be able to Persuade it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-7", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--whispering-rocks", "title": "Whispering Rocks", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nJagged hunks of black volcanic glass. Surely the swirling movement in their depths is a trick of light. And, surely, those hushed voices you've been hearing are just the sighing wind. Surely.\n\nWhen you *spend a few hours staring into the stones and listening to their whispers*, name someone you know but on whom you have never used this power before. Then, roll +INT: **on a 10+**, the stones reveal a secret about them; **on a 7-9**, the stones reveal a secret, but you must first reveal a secret to the stones (about your hopes, fears, regrets, desires); **on a 6-**, the stones pry a secret from you.\n\nWhen you *reveal a secret to the stones*, or they pry one from your mind, mark 1:\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the mysteries of the rocks, and are able to use Shadow Magic (see reverse).\n\nWhen *one of the rocks is shattered*, cross off one of the Shadow Magic options; it is no longer available.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arca-2", "title": "appendix d : major arca", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-whispering-rocks", "title": "Mysteries of the Whispering Rocks", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-3", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--shadow-magic", "title": "SHADOW MAGIC", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you hold a Whispering Rock and call out the shadows within , choose one thing which you wish to do:\n\n- Cloak yourself in shadows and silence, moving unseen and unnoticed as long as you draw no attention to yourself and avoid the sun or sacred light\n- Name someone you know or to whom you have an arcane link (hair, clothing, or the like); you can see them, hear them, and whisper to them as if from a nearby shadow\n- Name someone you can see; the nearby shadows ensnare them, doing no harm but hampering their sight and movement\n\nThen, roll +CON: on a 10+ , the effect lasts as long as you wish, but you have disadvantage on all rolls while you maintain it; on a 7-9 , either mark a consequence and the effect lasts as on a 10+, or the effect flickers out after mere moments (your choice which); on a 6, ask the GM what happens (which may or may not involve marking a consequence).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-3", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "- The rocks all cease to function until each is caressed by a dying breath.\n\n- The dark spirit in the rock you were using escapes, manifesting in the world. Cross off the Shadow Magic option that you just used until you force or convince the spirit to return to the rock.\n\n- Your eyes turn jet black. You can see sharply in even utter darkness, but you see no color and are blinded by sunlight.\n\n- You skin turns deathly pale or coal black (your choice) and chill to the touch. The sun burns your skin, but you go unharmed by even the bitterest cold.\n\n- You begin to suffer from dark and troubling dreams. When you Make Camp , roll +WIS: on a 10+ , a useful secret is revealed by your nightmares-ask the GM to describe them; on a 7-9 , you get as good a night's sleep as you can; on a 6- , you get no rest for the night.\n\n- The spirits in the rocks take purchase in your soul. When the spirits compel you to action , mark XP if you comply. If you resist, roll +WIS: on a 10+ , you quickly shake off the compulsion; on a 7-9 , it takes a few moments to break free; on a 6- , you come to your senses some time later, having done the-gods-know-what.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-8", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--blood-quenched-sword", "title": "Blood-quenched Sword", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "*, close*, +1 damage, 1 piercing, *messy*, *magical*\n\nAn ancient blade of deep red bronze, its pommel etched with symbols like those that the Hillfolk use to decorate their drinking horns. It thrums in its scabbard, wanting nothing more than to be drawn and to burn like a fire, quenching itself in the blood of foes.\n\nWhen you *draw the Blood-quenched Sword*, it leaps from its sheath before any present have time to even blink, and must spill blood before you can return it to its sheath.\n\nWhen you *spill your own blood in order to return the Sword to its sheath*, take 1d4 damage (ignoring armor) and the scars from the cut never fade.\n\nWhen you *strike first in a fight with the Blood-quenched Sword*, gain advantage on your first roll.\n\nWhen you *sheathe the Sword after using it to kill a living, bleeding foe*, mark 1 unless you have already done so since the last sunset:\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the Sword's mysteries; gain Unquenched (see reverse).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-blood-quenched-sword", "title": "Mysteries of the Blood-quenched Sword", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-4", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--unquenched", "title": "UNQUENCHED", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you Clash with a living, bleeding foe with the Blood-quenched Sword , you may mark a Consequence to shift the result up one step (a 6- becomes a 7-9; a 7-9 becomes a 10-11; a 10-11 becomes 12+). You can do this only once per roll.\n\nWhen you have marked 3 consequences , you gain A Flickering Flame.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--a-flickering-flame", "title": "A FLICKERING FLAME", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you wield the Blood-quenched Blade and leap headlong into battle against multiple foes , roll +CON: on a 10+ , hold 3 Speed; on a 7-9 , hold 2 Speed; on a 6, hold 2 Speed, and mark a consequence.\n\nDuring this battle, you may spend Speed, 1-for-1 to do the following:\n\n- Attack any number of foes within your reach; roll Clash once and apply the result to all of them, but roll damage separately for each foe\n- Strike a weak point, ignoring your foe's armor\n- Disengage from a foe you are fighting\n- Name a foe on the scene but out of your reach; you cross the distance to them before any can react\n\nWhen you stop fighting, lose all Speed.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-4", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "You lose yourself in a blood-rage, no longer distinguishing between friend, foe, and bystander.\n\nWhen you attack the nearest living creature , you have advantage on damage rolls.\n\nWhen you attempt to stay your hand , roll +WIS: on a 10+ , you do so, and can choose to calm yourself and end the rage with a few moments focus; on a 7-9 , you stay your hand, but must choose a different target for your rage; on a 6- , attack without mercy or doubt.\n\n- Pick someone who survives this battle (friend or foe). You are convinced that they covet the Blood-quenched Sword. Until you put them in their place, you are either dazed or miserable (your choice).\n\n- Your instinct becomes 'Paranoia: to accuse someone of plotting against or wanting to steal the Blood-quenched Sword, and do something about it.'\n\n- You can no longer sleep or rest without the Blood-quenched Sword at hand.\n\n- You no longer gain sustenance from food. When you slay a living, bleeding creature with the Sword , hold 1 Sustenance (max 3). When you would consume a ration, lose 1 Sustenance instead.\n\n- You can always ask the GM 'Does this NPC disrespect me or intend to do me harm?' and the GM will answer honestly 'Yes' or 'No.' If they answer 'Yes,' gain advantage to end their life and take disadvantage to do anything else.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-9", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--shield-of-the-wisent-witch", "title": "Shield of the Wisent Witch", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "*,* +1 armor, *close*, *forceful*, *magical*, +1 Readiness on a 7+ to Defend\n\nA shield of horn-oak, glossy from long use, shod in bronze and adorned with a stylized wisent skull. It's heavier than it looks, but its heft gives you a feeling of confidence, like anyone would be a fool to mess with a titan such as you.\n\nWhen you *bear the Shield openly*, natural creatures give you wide berth and treat you with the respect that they would give a 1,000-lb. bison.\n\nWhen you *use the Shield to Defend with both feet planted firmly on the ground,* so long as you hold Readiness you cannot be moved or tripped. When you *spend Readiness to strike back at an attacker*, you also break their momentum, knock them back, and/or send them reeling.\n\nWhen you *perform the sacred rites of the forest witches*, alone in the woods under a clear crescent moon, mark 1:\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the shield's mysteries, and can use Spirits of the Herd (see reverse).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-5", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--spirits-of-the-herd", "title": "SPIRITS OF THE HERD", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you proudly bear the Shield of the Wisent Witch and call upon the spirits of the herd , choose 1 of the following effects:\n\n- So long as you bear the Shield and until one of you speaks in the tongues of men, you and any allies that you mark with mud from the forest floor take on the visage of a herd of wisents. While this spell lasts, you and your allies cover ground at great speed and can graze rather than consuming supplies/provisions.\n- As you charge your foes, conjure a herd of stampeding wisent to join you. Treat the herd as a weapon (+2d4 damage, forceful , messy , area , dangerous , terrifying ) as you Clash. The herd vanishes once the charge's momentum is spent.\n- Hold 3 Might. You can spend Might 1-for-1 to:\n- Plow past, over, or through an opponent or obstacle\n- Tear free from any physical restraint\n- Shrug off a physical blow, unfazed and unharmed\n\nAfter choosing an effect, roll +CON: on a 10+ , the effect occurs as described; on a 7-9 , the effect occurs, but only if you mark 1 Consequence; on a 6, mark 1 Consequence, and the effect occurs-but the GM will tell you what goes wrong.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-5", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "- You give off a strong, musky scent no matter how much you bathe. It is distinctive and easily recognized.\n\n- Over the next few days, you grow 4-6 inches.\n\n- Over the next few days, your body mass doubles. Your size and relative strength remain mostly the same.\n\n- You consume twice the normal amount of supplies or provisions each day.\n\n- You make an inordinate amount of noise; your voice booms, your feet stomp heavily, even your breathing is loud.\n\n- Your attacks all gain the forceful tag (and become more so if they already were forceful ) and large weapons lose the awkward tag. Alas, you hardly know your own strength and must be careful to avoid breaking things (including your friends).\n\n- Predators sense that you would be delicious and will choose to attack and eat you before just about any other potential prey.\n\n- You become territorial and overly defensive of your allies. When someone or thing disrespects you, challenges your authority, or directly threatens your allies , you have disadvantage to do anything other than set them straight.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arca-3", "title": "appendix d : major arca", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-shield-of-the-wisent-witch", "title": "Mysteries of the Shield of the Wisent Witch", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-10", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--hec-tumel-codex", "title": "Hec'tumel Codex", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "*, crude*, *slow*, *magical*\n\nA dozen copper plates, green with age and bound with loops of reddish metal wire. The outer plates are embossed with strange images of man and beast while the inner plates are etched with arcane diagrams and annotated in some forgotten script.\n\nWhen you *first run your fingers over the inscriptions*, your dreams that night are filled with images of a pale, reptilian creature with skulls for eyes, slithering through darksome caverns. You awake with an alien incantation on your tongue, its words emblazoned in your mind. You can Cast a Codex Spell, and know Call the Pale Lizard.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--cast-a-codex-spellcasting-penalty", "title": "CAST A CODEX SPELLCasting penalty", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you *cast a spell learned from the Hec'tumel Codex*, roll +INT: **on a 10+**, the spell works as described; **on a 7-9**, the spell works, but choose 1 from the list below; **on a 6-**, mark a consequence (see reverse) in addition to whatever the GM says.\n\n- You draw unwelcome attention or put yourself in a spot (ask the GM how)\n- Something shifts in your mind; take a -1 penalty to Cast a Codex Spell until you get Hec'tumel to show you what you're doing wrong (the penalty is cumulative)\n\n**Call the Pale Lizard.** Cast this spell at night. Hec'tumel (*Slithering One! Death Is Its Eyes!*) manifests in the shadows until sunrise or until dismissed. It has no power unless given a host and no knowledge of the present except that which you give it. It knows much of the ancient past and the arcane arts, and can teach you if you make it worth its while. It cannot lie, but need not answer fully.\n\nWhen *Hec'tumel spends the night teaching you a spell from the Codex*, mark 1:\n\nEach time you *make a mark*, choose one of the **Codex Spells** (see reverse)—you can now cast it. When you *make the last mark*, you have unlocked the mysteries of the Codex and gain the Darksome Vessel move (see reverse).\n\n> front **9**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arca-4", "title": "appendix d : major arca", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-hec-tumel-codex", "title": "Mysteries of the Hec'tumel Codex", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--spells-of-the-codex", "title": "Spells of the Codex", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "- Call Up the Dead. Touch a corpse; you conjure its shade, which must truthfully answer 3 questions. Empowered: Bind the shade to a tether as a revenant or a ghost; it must perform 3 tasks before being freed from your service.\n\n- Serpentine. Your soul slithers from your mouth in the form of an albino viper ( tiny , stealthy , quick , venomous ), leaving your body insensate until you slither back in. Use your normal stats while in this form. Empowered: Rather than your soul leaving your body, you physically trans- form into a man-sized serpent (2 armor, stealthy , quick , venomous , forceful , grabby ).\n\n- Snuff the Spirit. Name a living victim within near range and roll 2d6. If the victim has fewer current HP than your roll, it dies suddenly. Empowered: each living creature near your victim is also affected.\n\n- Torpor. Lock eyes with someone and whisper soothing words. They start to fall asleep. If they resist, roll 3d4-if your roll exceeds their current HP , they fail. Once asleep, they do not age, need not eat/drink, and suffer no harm from poison or disease. They cannot be roused until they hear their name thrice-spoken. Empowered : Over 3d6 days, all physical harm heals, lost limbs (etc.) regenerate, poisons & diseases are cured, and the infirmities of age reverse.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-6", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--darksome-vessel", "title": "DARKSOME VESSEL", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you cast a Codex spell , on a 12+ you can choose the Empowered effect. When you choose to mark a consequence before casting a spell , don't roll; you get a 12+.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-6", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "- Over a few days, you lose all body hair. Your skin pales and develops scaly patches.\n\n- Over a few days, you lose all your remaining hair and grow a fine layer of scales over all your skin except that on your face. Gain +1 armor.\n\n- Your body temperature drops and your skin becomes cool to the touch; you have disadvantage on all rolls while exposed to the cold. Your metabolism also slows, and you need to consume supplies or provisions only once every 2 days.\n\n- Your heart rate and breathing slows, and you can hold supremely still for hours on end. You can easily be mistaken for dead. You only need to eat once every 3 days, but you gain no benefit from healing arts or magic.\n\n- Over a few days, your ears grow smaller and flatten against your head. Your tongue grows longer, and you can distend your jaw and throat to swallow things no human should be able to.\n\n- Your eyes grow milky, you no longer blink, and you have trouble seeing things that aren't moving. Your tongue becomes forked, and you gain a preternatural sense of smell and touch.\n\n- Anything that you perceive, Hec'tumel perceives it too.\n\nback", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-11", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--red-scepter-magical", "title": "Red Scepter , magical", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "A bronze rod, tipped with a glowing red crystal and carved with openwork shapes of hungry, leering faces.\n\nWhen you *hold the Scepter and wind blows through the openings in the crystal*, it makes a soft howling noise.\n\nWhen you *gesture at an open flame with the scepter*, the flame flickers or flares as if blown by the wind.\n\nWhen you *bleed a helpless, living creature and dip the Scepter's crystal in their still-warm blood*, mark 1 charge as the crystal soaks up the blood (to a maximum of 3):", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--inflame", "title": "INFLAME", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you *wield the Scepter and incite an individual to violent action*, you may erase 1 charge to roll +CHA: **on a 10+**, they must pick 1 from the list below; **on a 7-9**, they may choose to either lash out violently against a target of their choice or choose 1 from the list below.\n\n- Act as you suggest, without doubt or fear, dealing +1d4 damage while they do so\n- Resist, but suffer painful burns (2d4 damage, ignores armor).\n\nWhen you *Inflame someone and they kill one or more living beings as a result*, mark 1:\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the Scepter's mysteries and gain Burning Hatred (see reverse).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-7", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--burning-hatred-near-magical-reload", "title": "BURNING HATRED (near, magical, reload)", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you point the Red Scepter at an object of your hatred and erase 1 charge , roll +CHA: on a 10+ , the Scepter deals 2d4 damage ( messy , ignores armor), manifested as blistering burns; on a 7-9 , as a 10+ but pick 1:\n\n- Mark a consequence\n- Spend a few seconds chanting and muttering before dealing damage\n- Cause any exposed, combustible items in range to burst into flames\n\nOn a 6, the GM says what happens (which may or may not involve marking a consequence).\n\nWhen you mark 3 Consequences , you gain Fanning the Flames.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--fanning-the-flames", "title": "FANNING THE FLAMES", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you use Inflame , you can incite everyone who can hear you into violent action, not just an individual. If you do, roll once for the entire crowd, but each target makes their own choices. On a 7-9 , you must also choose a Consequence; on a 6, the GM chooses a Consequence for you in addition to whatever else happens.\n\nWhen you use Burning Hatred , you can mark a consequence to target not just the person or thing you hate but also everything near them. Roll +CHA once but roll damage for each victim. Any combustibles on your targets also erupt into flame.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-7", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "- Your skin becomes feverish. You always feel hot and can't bear to wear warm gear.\n\n- Your eyes change, glowing like fiery embers. They flare with your temper.\n\n- The crystal tip of the Scepter cracks, and you cannot use the Scepter's powers until you have 'fed' the Scepter another chunk of red crystal, one at least the size of your fist.\n\n- To gain any future charge, the victim you bleed must be awake and terrified.\n\n- To gain any future charge, the blood-letting must be brutal, messy, and wanton.\n\n- Henceforth, when you incite someone to violence with the Scepter and they act as you suggest , they lose themselves to primal bloodlust. They feel no pain and revel in carnage until they are killed, restrained, or crippled.\n\n- When you use Burning Hatred , something on your person or within reach also catches fire.\n\n- You always hear a dim howling in the back of your mind. When the wind blows, the howling grows in volume, making it difficult to hear anything other than insults or plans to commit violence.\n\n- When you Persuade using anything other than threats, pain, or violence , the best you can get is a 7-9.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-red-scepter", "title": "Mysteries of the Red Scepter", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-12", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--ring-of-daagon", "title": "Ring of Daagon", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nA finely carved ring of copper, coated in verdigris and always a little damp. Its shape is that of a strange, reptilian creature devouring its own tail.\n\nWhen you *don the Ring*, you feel the presence of every body of water within a few miles, natural or not, even if it is underground.\n\nWhen you *wear the Ring and caress its reptilian head*, the air around you becomes damper and cooler. If you continue to caress it for a minute or so, a mist gathers near the ground and grows higher and thicker as long as you continue. A few minutes of caressing the Ring will blanket your immediate surroundings in thick, obscuring fog. Half an hour will blanket the countryside. The fog persists for as long as you caress the Ring, and then dissipates naturally based on the prevailing weather.\n\nWhen you *have used the Ring to summon an obscuring fog and a named creature dies within that fog*, the Ring will ask you (silently, in your mind, not so much with words as with a deep longing) *May I take this one?* Should you assent, the creature's body will be gone—vanished into the mists—as soon as no mortal is directly paying it heed. The first time this happens during each fog you summon, mark 1:\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the ring's mysteries and may Call Up the Deep Ones (see reverse) while wearing the ring. The ring itself becomes a follower.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--the-ring", "title": "The Ring", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "*deep-wise*, *greedy*, *patient*, *knowledgeable*, *magical* \n\n**Cost** devouring fallen, named creatures (Loyalty ) **Instinct** to give nothing (not even secrets or info) away\n\n- ^ä Speak mind-to-mind\n- ^ä Reveal a secret, for a price\n- ^ä Know someone's desires\n\nfront", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arca-5", "title": "appendix d : major arca", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-ring-of-daagon", "title": "Mysteries of the Ring of Daagon", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-8", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--call-up-the-deep-ones", "title": "CALL UP THE DEEP ONES", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you stand in heavy fog or before deep water and call on the servants of Daagon to serve you , spend 1 Loyalty or mark a consequence and they appear. Treat them as followers, sharing a pool of Loyalty with the Ring itself. You can always choose to mark a consequence in lieu of spending their Loyalty.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--servant-of-daagon", "title": "Servant of Daagon", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "terrifying , violent , wretched\n\nInstinct to devour\n\nEach time you Call Up the Deep Ones , roll five d4s and assign each to a different aspect:\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ Tags: 1 = + craven ; 2 = + ravenous ; 3 = + cunning ; 4 = + exceptional (roll +2 for moves instead of +1)\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ No. Appearing: 1 = horde (quantity 2d6, HP 3, damage 1d6); 2-3 = group (quantity 1d6+1), HP 6, damage 1d8); 4 = solitary (HP 12, damage 1d10).\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ Size: 1 = small (-2 HP, -2 damage, hand ); 2-3 = medium ( close ); 4 = large (+4 HP, +1 damage, close , reach ).\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ Traits: choose a number equal to the assigned die.\n\nblubbery/scaly hide (2 armor)\n\n+ stealthy and + cautious\n\npowerful (+2 damage, forceful )\n\ntentacles/pincers, etc. ( reach , grabby )\n\nbig claws/fangs (1 piercing, messy )\n\nprojectiles (+ near )\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nMoves: choose a number equal to the assigned die.\n\nä Wriggle free of danger/restraint\n\nä Heal at a prodigious rate\n\nä Smother/constrict/engulf them\n\nä Dissolve organic material\n\nä Mesmerize the weak-willed\n\nä Paralyze them with venom\n\nWhen you send them back whence they came , roll +CHA: on a 10+ , they go, now; on a 7-9 , they go, but take their time and likely do some harm on their way; on a 6- , spend their Loyalty or mark a consequence and they'll eventually go (as on a 7-9); otherwise, this batch breaks free of your control and are no longer followers.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-8", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "Your skin becomes clammy and squamous.\n\nYou can breathe water through your skin, but must keep it moist or suffer increasing debilities.\n\nYou gain nourishment only from meat. Plants, grains and the like no longer count as supplies or provisions when you need to eat.\n\nOnly raw flesh nourishes you, but you are immune to food-borne illness.\n\n1d6 sinkholes appear within a few miles of you. At the bottom of each, a megalith protrudes from standing water, attended by servants of Daagon.\n\nThe ring's Cost becomes 'Living, helpless, intelligent sacrifices.'", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-13", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--rune-laden-scales", "title": "Rune-laden Scales", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": ", 2 armor, *magical*\n\nAn ancient vest of bluish steel, each scale etched with a silvery rune similar to those found among the ruins near Barrier Pass. A working of the Makers, no doubt, or at least of their most gifted students. The armor is surprisingly light and supple. The scales are always cold to the touch, and often edged in frost.\n\nWhen you *wear the Rune-laden Scales*, you are perfectly comfortable in cold weather and suffer no harm from exposure or magic that might otherwise freeze your flesh. You have no such immunity to secondary effects of ice-magic, such as slipping, being impaled by an icicle, becoming encased in a block of ice, or the like.\n\nWhen you *wear the Rune-laden Scales and stand fast against a magical attack*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, the magic washes over you, unpleasant perhaps but with no ill effect; **on a 7-9**, you're only partially affected—suffer half damage (if any) and a reduced effect; **on a 6-**, mark XP, and the magic affects you fully.\n\nWhen you *wear the Rune-laden Scales and defeat a wielder of chaotic magic*, mark 1:\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the mysteries of the armor. Gain a move of your choice (see reverse), but also mark a consequence. Then, erase all marks.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-9", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--indomitable", "title": "INDOMITABLE", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you wear the Scales and stand fast against a magical attack , you can mark a consequence after you roll to add 3 to the result.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--magnet", "title": "MAGNET", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you witness a magical attack , you can either spend 1 Readiness (from the Defend move) or mark a consequence to redirect the magic so that it affects only you. You can then stand fast against it.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--power-sink", "title": "POWER SINK", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you wear the Rune-laden Scales and stand fast against a magical attack , on a 12+ the armor drains the attacker's power. That form of attack is lost to them, though they might regain it with time, study, or effort.\n\nWhen you wear the Rune-laden Scales and spend time in quiet communion with the elements , the power absorbed by the armor dissipates harmlessly.\n\nIf you trigger Power Sink again before dissipating the absorbed power , mark XP, ask the GM what happens, and brace yourself for the worst.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--proof-against-harm", "title": "PROOF AGAINST HARM", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "The Rune-laden Scales now provide you 3 armor, even against piercing and attacks that normally ignore armor.\n\nWhen you wear the Rune-laden Scales and find yourself at Death's Door , you may mark a consequence before you roll to automatically get a 10+.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-9", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "- You no longer mark 1 (see reverse) when you simply defeat a being that wields chaotic magic; you must destroy it instead.\n\n- Mere minions and mindless horrors will no longer suffice. You only mark 1 for destroying a potent agent of chaos, such as a mighty demon or sorcerer.\n\n- When you use or knowingly submit to chaotic magic , the Rune-laden Scales cease to benefit you or anyone you consider to be a friend or ally.\n\n- When you kill a living creature out of anger, fear, or passion , even an agent of chaos, take disad- vantage on all rolls until you ceremonially atone and purify yourself.\n\n- When you take any violent action out of anger, fear, or passion , even against an agent of chaos, take disadvantage on all rolls until you ceremonially atone and purify yourself.\n\n- You come to the attention of one of the mightiest of the Things Below, and they make your doom-or your corruption-a priority.\n\n- You ascend into a vision state, in which you meet the spirit of the last hero to wear the Scales. Should you refuse the quest they offer, the Rune-laden Scales cease to function.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arca-6", "title": "appendix d : major arca", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-rune-laden-scales", "title": "Mysteries of the Rune-laden Scales", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-14", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--blackwood-fetishes", "title": "Blackwood Fetishes", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "*, magical*, *indestructible*\n\nA pair of wooden figurines, carved from blackwood and worn smooth with age and use. A whitish shaft has been driven into the top of each figurine's head, and the eyes and forehead of each are stained a rusty, reddish color.\n\nThe figurines resist all mundane attempts to damage them. Such attempts might mar them slightly, but their forms hold fast.\n\nWhen you *mark a figurine's eyes with blood and likewise mark your own eyelids*, you see through the eyes of the figurine whenever you close your eyes, for as long as the blood remains.\n\nWhen you *anoint a figurine with your own blood and then sleep in its presence*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you dream lucidly of the spirit in the figurine, which speaks an archaic but intelligible dialect—it might be persuaded to reveal its name, or the name of its fellow spirit, or the method of calling them forth; **on a 7-9**, you dream of the spirit, but the dream is fleeting, strange, and disorienting—ask the GM what you learn of the spirit.\n\nWhen you *learn the name of one of the bound spirits*, or the sign that draws them forth and binds them, mark 1:\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the mysteries of the Blackwood Fetishes and can use Call Forth and Command (see reverse).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-7", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-8", "title": "Mysteries of the Blackwood Fetishes", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-9", "title": "Moves", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--call-forth-and-command", "title": "CALL FORTH AND COMMAND", "level": 2, "path": [ "Moves" ], "body": "When you *mark both figurines with your own blood and call both Astor and Halix by name*, their ghosts manifest before you. Treat them as followers. They are bound to obey your direct commands and can take no overt action against you, but you might need to Persuade them to do anything other than follow your orders to the letter.\n\nWhen you *dismiss either Astor or Halix*, both return to their figurines until you call them forth again.\n\nWhen e*ither Astor or Halix is banished or reduced to 0 HP*, they both return to their respective fetish. They cannot be called forth again until the next new moon.\n\n*In life, Astor was a hunter, low-born but handsome and proud. Halix was the lordly heir of Astor's people: spoiled, manipulative, vain. Halix took Astor as one of many furtive lovers, making an insincere blood-oath that one day they would wed.*\n\n*Their clan fell under the sway of a sorcerer. Astor snuck away to warn the Makers of rebellion, but Halix sided with the sorcerer. The sorcerer used the blood-oath between them to work foul magic, wrenching Astor's soul from their body and binding it. To their surprise, Halix's soul was likewise bound. The sorcerer used them as spies and assassins, leaving Astor's once-noble soul bitter and distrustful. Halix, though, revels in immortality and delights in the opportunities afforded by this undead state.*", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-10", "title": "Astor", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "*undead*, *spirit*, *hunter*, *cunning*, *jealous*, *sarcastic*, *warrior*\n\n**Instinct** to comply maliciously\n\n- ^ä Stalk assigned prey\n- ^ä Manifest a ghostly presence (harmed only by silver or salt)\n- ^ä Make a pessimistic observation\n\n**Damage** ghostly spear d8 (*reach*, ignores armor) **Cost** proof of honor, nobility (Loyalty )", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--halix", "title": "Halix", "level": 3, "path": [ "Astor" ], "body": "*undead*, *spirit*, *magical*, *hedonistic*, *cautious*, *devious*, *stealthy*, *exceptional*\n\n**Instinct** to second-guess your decisions\n\n- ^ä Manifest a ghostly presence (harmed only by silver or salt)\n- ^ä Possess an inebriated victim\n- ^ä Spot a weakness, want, or fear\n- ^ä Spin plots and falsehoods\n\n**Damage** ghostly touch d4 (*hand*, ignores armor) or host's weapon d6 (tags vary)\n\n**Cost** pleasures of the flesh (Loyalty )", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-15", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "Astor" ], "body": "*implanted*, *magical* A series of branching, tree-like markings coursing up and down your skin. Usually pale blue, almost\n\nThe markings are usually seen as a blessing of Tor (rainmaker, thunderhead, slayer-of-beasts). But like most blessings of the gods, they are also a great burden.\n\nlike veins, but when you become agitated they seem to glow, pulse, and ripple with light.\n\nWhen you *roil with anger*, you do +1 damage until you calm down. But when you *try to control your temper*, roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, you keep your cool and act as you wish; **on a 7-9**, choose 1 from the list below; **on a 6-**, you just lose it—tell the GM what damn fool thing you end up doing.\n\n- Take some deep breaths and count to ten, fuming all the while\n- Vent your rage, but tell us how and on what\n\nWhen you *are struck by lightning or an electrical discharge*, mark 1, take no damage, and suffer no ill effects (your gear, alas, has no such protection):\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the mysteries of the Storm Markings and can use Storm's Fury (see reverse).\n\nWhen you *would make a mark but have already marked all 3*, set your Fury to 3.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-10", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "Astor" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--storm-s-fury", "title": "STORM'S FURY", "level": 2, "path": [ "Astor" ], "body": "When you begin to roil with anger , your markings crackle with electricity and the air thrums with pressure. Roll +CON: on a 10+ , hold 3 Fury; on a 7-9 , hold 2 Fury; on a 6, hold 2 Fury but also mark a consequence.\n\nYou may spend Fury 1-for-1 to manifest one of the following:\n\n- Imbue your next strike with the force of thunder (+1d6 damage, forceful , loud )\n- Move like lightning, closing the distance between you and a nearby foe before they can react\n- Bellow like the storm itself, drawing no small amount of attention and making craven foes cringe in fear\n\nWhen you have marked 3 consequences , you gain Chosen of the Storm-bringer.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--chosen-of-the-storm-bringer", "title": "CHOSEN OF THE STORM-BRINGER", "level": 2, "path": [ "Astor" ], "body": "Add these to the list of potential manifestations granted by Storm's Fury:\n\n- Roll +CON to Let Fly with a bolt of lightning (2d6 damage, thrown , forceful , loud , dangerous , ignores armor)\n- Make a prodigious leap, buoyed by the wind\n- Summon a powerful gale with you at its center-dirt and debris swirl about, the wind is deafening, people must brace themselves to keep from getting bowled over, projectiles careen off course-and take disadvantage on all rolls as long as you sustain it", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-10", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "Astor" ], "body": "- Lightning begins to arc off of you, striking objects and creatures nearby at random for 2d6 damage ( near , forceful , loud , ignores armor). This lasts until you calm down.\n\n- A gale of winds forms around you, as with Chosen of the Storm-bringer (even if you can't normally use that move). You can't dismiss it easily; the effects (including the disadvantage) continue until you calm down.\n\n- Name an NPC who is present and whose regard you value. They are terrified of the power you wield and grow distant.\n\n- From now on, when you gain Fury, gain +1 Fury. But you also have disadvantage on rolls to control your temper.\n\n- A storm forms (or worsens) in your immediate area. It arrives unnaturally fast, but not miraculously so.\n\n- A terrible storm begins to form in your immediate area and pummels the entire region. Blizzards, tornados, floods-it's bad.\n\n- A terrible storm forms (as above) and the weather remains freakish for a few months. Your steading takes -2 to its next roll to generate Surplus, and its next Fortunes roll for Seasons Change is automatically a 6-. Other communities in the region likewise suffer.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arca-7", "title": "appendix d : major arca", "level": 2, "path": [ "Astor" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-storm-markings", "title": "Mysteries of the Storm Markings", "level": 2, "path": [ "Astor" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-16", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "Astor" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--ineffable-words", "title": "Ineffable Words", "level": 2, "path": [ "Astor" ], "body": "*implanted*, *magical*\n\nSyllables of the first language, words of pure thought and will, emblazoned on your soul and tongue by some angelic force or being. A gift, perhaps. Or a terrible, terrible affliction.\n\nTheir power thrums inside you, pulsing against the crude vessel of your flesh and blood. Sometimes, under stress or simply out of the blue, you are struck with shakes and seizures. And when the tremors pass and your senses return, you find that you have scratched strange symbols in the dirt or on the walls. Sometimes in your own blood.\n\nWhen you *enter an ecstatic delirium and allow the Ineffable Words to pour forth*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you speak Truth, revealing something new and interesting about the current situation—ask the GM what, and all present understand this Truth as though it were spoken in their native tongue; **on a 7-9**, the 10+ result applies, but choose 1 from the list below.\n\n- The Truth is cryptic, vague, incomplete\n- You are overcome, collapsing in a full-body seizure\n- You draw unwanted attention\n\nWhen you *spend weeks in ascetic contemplation of the incommunicable words within you*, roll +WIS: **on a 10+**, you gain insight into the power within you—mark 1 below; **on a 7-9**, gain advantage on your next attempt to contemplate the words.\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the mysteries of the Ineffable Words and can Speak the Unutterable (see reverse). Choose 1 Word that you have mastered and erase all marks above. Thereafter, when you *make the last mark*, choose another Word to master and erase all marks.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-11", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-ineffable-words", "title": "Mysteries of the Ineffable Words", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--speak-the-unutterable", "title": "SPEAK THE UNUTTERABLE", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you *speak an Ineffable Word that you have mastered*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, the Word's power manifests as described; **on a 7-9**, the Word's power manifests, but choose 1 from the list below; **on a 6-**, the GM says what happens (which may or may not involve marking a consequence).\n\n- You collapse in a full-body seizure\n- Mark a consequence", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mastered-words", "title": "MASTERED WORDS", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "SPEAK THE UNUTTERABLE" ], "body": "- **Seal.** Name a portal, clasp, or seam in your presence. If you speak this Word forward, the target seals shut and holds against any mundane attempt to open it. If you speak backward, the target is pried open or apart.\n- **Purify.** Name an instance of corruption, infection, or taint in your presence. If you speak this Word forward, the target is cleansed. If you speak backward, the corruption grows and spreads aggressively.\n- **Gather.** Name an unliving object in your presence. If you speak this Word forward, the object is drawn forcefully towards you, possibly flying through the air and into your hand. If you speak backward, the object is flung away from you. If the object weighs more than you, or is secured by something that does, it is you that moves instead.\n- **Empower.** Name a living thing or vessel for power in your presence. If you speak this Word forward, the target surges with power. A creature heals 1d8 HP or gains advantage on its next roll. If you speak backward, the target is drained of energy. A creature takes 1d8 damage (ignores armor) or takes disadvantage on its next roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-11", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "- The Word's power draws the attention of every magical being for miles around. They will recognize you on sight as the bearer of the Word.\n- The power of the Word overflows, affecting every possible target within *far* range to violent effect.\n- Your voice takes on a metallic, inhuman edge. Henceforth, all creatures understand you as though you spoke their native tongue, but you can never again use language to lie or deceive.\n- The Word tears reality, leaving a rift from which primordial power pours into the world. Expect all manner of strange and chaotic effects.\n- You rouse an eternal, ancient being of Order. It seeks you out, implacably, to reprimand you for your reckless use of such primordial power.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-17", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--redwood-effigy", "title": "Redwood Effigy", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nA vaguely man-shaped root of blood-red wood, wrapped in tattered cloth. Bright blue markings adorn the fabric, as do rust-colored stains.\n\nBut you know that. After all, you made it yourself. You've bound your flesh and soul to the effigy, and this is the only one you will ever be able to make.\n\nWhen you *perform the secret rite*, which requires privacy, a few hours, and a drop of your own fresh blood, hold 1 Conduit (max 1 Conduit, at least to start).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--surrogate-suffering", "title": "SURROGATE SUFFERING", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you *suffer physical harm while carrying the effigy on your person*, you can spend 1 Conduit. If you do, the effigy suffers that harm in your place. You suffer no more than a passing inconvenience, and the effigy bears faint signs of the trauma it has endured in your stead.\n\nRecord the diverted harm on the image of the effigy above: a brief description of the injury, the HP that would have been lost, and any debilities you would have marked. Write small, in pencil. If the *effigy is destroyed*, you suffer all this harm at once.\n\n*Each time the effigy suffers harm on your behalf*, mark 1. If all 3 marks are already marked, then mark a consequence instead (see reverse).\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the effigy's mysteries and gain Suffering Unleashed (see reverse).\n\n> front **16**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-12", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-redwood-effigy", "title": "Mysteries of the Redwood Effigy", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-11", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--suffering-unleashed", "title": "SUFFERING UNLEASHED", "level": 3, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "Moves" ], "body": "When you *feed the effigy the blood of another*, pick one of the harms recorded on the reverse and roll +CON: **on a 10+**, your target suffers that harm fully; **on a 7-9,** your target suffers that harm but pick 1; **on a 6-**, they suffer that harm but all 3 are true:\n\n- They suffer only half the harm's effects/damage\n- You fully suffer the unleashed harm (you can't divert it via Surrogate Suffering)\n- Mark a consequence\n\n**Regardless**, the harm is no longer stored in the effigy—erase it from the reverse.\n\nFor every 2 Consequences you mark, gain one of the following moves:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--greater-conduit", "title": "GREATER CONDUIT", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "Moves", "SUFFERING UNLEASHED" ], "body": "When you *perform the secret rite*, hold 3 Conduit instead of 1 (and increase your max Conduit to 3). You no longer need the effigy on your person to use Surrogate Suffering. However, any magic that divines your location or spies on you also targets the effigy.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--the-roots-grow-deep", "title": "THE ROOTS GROW DEEP", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "Moves", "SUFFERING UNLEASHED" ], "body": "When you *use Suffering Unleashed and roll a 12+*, clear a mark from the reverse.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--we-are-as-one", "title": "WE ARE AS ONE", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "Moves", "SUFFERING UNLEASHED" ], "body": "You can sense, speak, and even work magic through the effigy as though it were an extension of yourself. (It remains inanimate.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-12", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "- Your heartbeat slows and your emotions dull. Magic cannot stir your emotions unless it specifically targets the effigy. Alas, you can no longer Burn Brightly.\n\n- Your blood flows like sap and your muscles become like wood. Gain +1 armor and +4 max HP, but you can no longer regain HP via the Recover move. When you *Make Camp*, you must rest while touching soil or you get no benefit.\n- Henceforth, when *anyone works magic upon the effigy*, it affects you instead and bypasses any defenses that you have in place (including Surrogate Suffering).\n- Henceforth, when you *suffer physical harm while you hold Conduit*, you must spend it and use Surrogate Suffering.\n- The effigy becomes both *fragile* and highly flammable. When you suffer damage from heat or fire, you take +1d6 damage. If the effigy suffers harm from heat or fire in your place, it will burst into flames and be destroyed.\n- When you *roll 6- at Death's Door*, you have no choice: gain the Revenant insert until the effigy is destroyed (and you become a wraith controlled by the GM) or it is buried in a Red Grove (and you become an NPC spirit of that grove).\n\nWhen you *would mark a consequence but they've all been marked*, pick a harm stored in the effigy at random. Erase that harm and suffer it now (it can't be diverted).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-18", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--hungering-maw-of-hlad", "title": "Hungering Maw of Hlad", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "*magical*\n\nA ring of black metal bands, woven in an intricate pattern beyond the skills of modern smiths. The way the bands twist on each other seems to defy reality, and the weak-willed find themselves pondering the bands for minutes or hours.\n\nThe metal is always cold. Always.\n\nWhen you *wear the ring and press it firmly into the skin of a living thing*, the ring draws the life-force from your victim. If your victim is helpless or unable to struggle, they are reduced to 0 HP (see below).\n\nIf *your victim struggles*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, deal 1d10 damage (ignores armor) and they are left reeling (a PC or follower marks a debility, an NPC or monster grants advantage on any moves made against it until it recovers); **on a 7-9**, deal 1d10 damage (ignores armor) but you suffer whatever counterattack they dish out; **on a 6-**, ask the GM what happens (which may or may not involve marking a consequence; see reverse).\n\nWhen you *use the ring to reduce an intelligent victim to 0 HP*, roll 1d6:", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--1d6-effect", "title": "1d6 effect", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "- 1-2 Their soul is wounded but they'll live, suffering from unnatural, compulsive hungers; should they die in this state, they become a wraith.\n- 3-4 Their soul is wounded and their body gives up; they become a wraith.\n- 5-6 Their soul is consumed and utterly destroyed by the ring—mark 1 below.\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the ring's mysteries. Gain Siphon (see reverse) and erase all the marks. Each time you mark the third circle, gain another move from the reverse. If you *have all the moves*, mark a consequence instead.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-13", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-hungering-maw-of-hlad", "title": "Mysteries of the Hungering Maw of Hlad", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "**Moves**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--siphon", "title": "SIPHON", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you *raise your ringed hand and will the ring to consume someone's life-force* (at up to *reach* range), roll +CON: **on a 10+**, deal 1d10 damage (*grabby*, ignores armor); **on a 7-9**, deal 1d10 damage (ignores armor) but choose one:\n\n- The ring eats at your life-force, too—lose 1d10 HP and mark a debility\n- Mark a consequence\n\n**On a 6-**, the GM says what happens (which may or may not involve marking a consequence).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--inescapable-pull", "title": "INESCAPABLE PULL", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "You can use Siphon at up to *near* range, and on a 10+ you can can choose to drag the victim closer.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--maelstrom", "title": "MAELSTROM", "level": 2, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana" ], "body": "When you *use Siphon*, you can mark a consequence before rolling to affect a number of victims within range. Roll +CON once, but roll damage separately for each target.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--dust-to-dust", "title": "DUST TO DUST", "level": 4, "path": [ "appendix d : major arcana", "MAELSTROM" ], "body": "When you *wear the ring and press it firmly against a work of mortal artifice*, mark a debility and then roll +CON: **on a 10+**, the artifice fails or is ruined (say how); **on a 7-9**, it is ruined (as per a 10+) but also mark a consequence; **on a 6-**, the GM says what happens (which may or may not involve marking a consequence.)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana-14", "title": "Consequences", "level": 1, "path": [], "body": "- A powerful earthquake strikes the area. Each time you choose this option, the quake is longer, more powerful, more destructive.\n- The ring fuses to your flesh and bone and can no longer be removed without cutting off your finger.\n - The air in your presence is always noticeably colder, though you yourself are unharmed and unfazed by even the bitterest cold.\n- The ring wounds your soul, reducing your max HP by 4. Until your soul is healed, your instinct becomes \"Hunger: to fill the emptiness inside you with excess.\" Should you roll a 6- on Death's Door, you die and become a wraith (a monster in the GM's control).\n- The ring opens a gaping vortex, sucking in the life-force of everything around it (d10 damage, *near*, *area*, *grabby*, ignores armor) and weakening stone and metal and wood. You can, perhaps, close the vortex through a force of will.\n- The earth shakes. The ring tears at your life-force (1d10 damage, *messy*, ignores armor, mark all three debilities). The ring is gone and your hand is left a withered and palsied thing. And somewhere, a hole has opened in the world.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arcana-19", "title": "appendix d : major arcana", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--azure-hand", "title": "Azure Hand", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "*, close*, *magical*, *awkward*\n\nA thick staff of gray metal, topped with a plate of aetherium in the shape of a stylized hand. The palm is embossed with a cloud and lightning bolt, and the whole thing is more than a little topheavy. It smells of ozone, and your spine never ceases to tingle in its presence.\n\nWhen you *bear the Azure Hand*, you sense sources, currents, and reservoirs of energy much like you sense the pull of gravity or the position of your own hand. You can closely study such energy and Seek Insight about it.\n\nWhen you *brandish the Azure Hand at a source of elemental energy*, roll +CON: **on a 10+**, you gather the energy about the Hand in a swirling vortex for as long as you grip the staff or until you choose 1 from the list below; **on a 7-9**, as a 10+, but the vortex is unstable and maintaining it requires all your focus.\n\n- Direct the energy into a vessel able to contain it\n- Discharge the energy harmlessly into the earth\n- Fling the energy, rolling +INT to Let Fly (*thrown*, *dangerous*), inflicting damage and other effects of the GM's choosing\n- Use the energy to fuel or empower some other magic.\n\n**On a 6-**, instead of marking XP, mark 1:\n\nEach time you mark 1, ask the GM how the power goes out of control.\n\nWhen you *make the last mark*, you unlock the mysteries of the Azure Hand—choose one of the moves on the reverse, and erase all marks above.\n\n> front **18**", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--appendix-d-major-arca-8", "title": "appendix d : major arca", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--mysteries-of-the-azure-hand", "title": "Mysteries of the Azure Hand", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--moves-12", "title": "Moves", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--battery", "title": "BATTERY", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "When you gather elemental power about the Azure Hand , you can choose to store the energy in the staff itself. It no longer requires your touch or focus to maintain. You cannot do this again until you use up the energy contained within (see reverse).", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--eye-of-the-storm", "title": "EYE OF THE STORM", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "When you grasp the Azure Hand and impose your will on the elements around you , roll +CON: on a 10+ , the elements calm or diminish in their power, and choose 2 from the list below; on a 7-9 , the elements calm or diminish, and choose 1.\n\n- You suffer no consequence (otherwise, mark one)\n\n- The effect is far reaching, up to a mile around you (otherwise, it extends just a few paces)\n\n- You can maintain the effect easily (otherwise, it takes all of your concentration)", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--resonance", "title": "RESONANCE", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "(Requires: Battery, Eye of the Storm)\n\nWhen you have captured a tremendous elemental force (like that from a storm or wildfire) and then channel it into the eddies of air or earth , pick 1 from the list below and roll +INT: on a 10+ , it comes to pass; on a 7-9 , it will come to pass if you choose to mark a consequence; on a 6- , mark a consequence and prepare for the worst.\n\n- A potent storm or earthquake builds, unleashing itself within the next few hours.\n\n- The weather for the next few weeks is abnormal, hotter or colder, wetter or dryer, windier or more still, per your desires (though nothing too extreme).\n\n- The weather for the next few months is generally favorable; any steading in the area gains advantage to its next Seasons Change roll.", "visibility": "gm" }, { "id": "58-appendix-d-major-arcana--consequences-13", "title": "Consequences", "level": 2, "path": [ "Consequences" ], "body": "- You are burned by the power you attempt to wield. Mark a debility and take 2d4 damage (ignores armor).\n\n- You become bound to the staff. You can call it to your hand from up to far range, but you fully suffer the effects of any harm or magic visited upon it.\n\n- Your eyes become a solid bluish white, darkening or brightening with your mood. You now see energy patterns, glowing brightly, which can obscure facial expressions and other details unless you focus.\n\n- Your skin takes on a bluish tint; your hair is steaked with white; the air about you thrums with power. Sensitive beings can easily sense your presence, even from afar.\n\n- Henceforth, any storm in your presence is unnaturally strong. If you spend a summer or a winter in a steading or within a day's march of one, the steading loses 1d4-1 Surplus due to storms.\n\n- Your body pulses with barely controlled energy. Henceforth, when you roll +CON and get a 6- , you unleash bolts of elemental power all about you (1d10 damage, near , area , forceful , dangerous ) in addition to whatever else the GM says.", "visibility": "gm" } ] }

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